Southern Harmony (Duckworth)

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Southern Harmony is a minimalist composition by William Duckworth written in 1980 and 1981. It is scored for unaccompanied mixed chorus, and is an original work created through adaptation of shape-note songs from the 1854 compilation Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. Southern Harmony is divided into four books (or sections) that were each premiered over the span of a decade. The complete work was premiered in February 1992 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York by the Gregg Smith Singers.

The individual movements of Southern Harmony are:

Contents

[edit] Book One

  • 1. Consolation
  • 2. Wondrous Love
  • 3. Hebrew Children
  • 4. Solemn Thought
  • 5. Rock of Ages

[edit] Book Two

  • 6. Cheerful
  • 7. War Department
  • 8. Condescension
  • 9. Holy Manna
  • 10. Bozrah

[edit] Book Three

  • 11. The Mouldering Vine
  • 12. Mear
  • 13. Leander
  • 14. Sardina
  • 15. Windham

[edit] Book Four

  • 16. Distress
  • 17. Nashville
  • 18. Turtle Dove
  • 19. Primrose
  • 20. Social Band

[edit] References

  • Monroe Street Music [1]
  • Southern Harmony compact disk [2]
  • SIlverman, Adam. "Stylistic Combination and Methodical Construction in William Duckworth's Southern Harmony". Contemporary Music Review Volume 20, Number 4, 2001, pp. 45-59 (15). [3]
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