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 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 1 Book One 2 Book Two 3 Book Three 4 Book Four 5 References

[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]