Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1513002
By African-American Spiritual. By Traditional, first cited in Old Plantation Hymns by William Barton (1861-1930). Arranged by Teresa Young. 19th Century,Blues,Early Music,Folk,Traditional. Score. 2 pages. Teresa Young #1087887. Published by Teresa Young (A0.1513002).
Teresa Young's arrangement of the hauntingly beautiful African-American hymn (Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child for piano and voice is spare but powerful. Set in G minor, the piano accompaniment sets the mood and complements the sung melody rather than doubling it. The left-hand part uses the lowest register of the piano, helping to convey the heavy weight of this lament first sung unaccompanied by enslaved workers in the American South. Teresa's version in A minor is available here too. Just search Motherless Child Teresa Young to see both.