Three American Folk Songs

1954

Category

Choral

Men's

Composed

1954

instrumentation

TBB and TTBB, baritone solo, piano

duration

9 min

commissioned by

premiered

1954

premiered by

Menlo College (CA) Glee Club, composer conducting

Publisher

G. Schirmer

audio

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1. Aunt Rhody

Arkansas State U. Glee Club

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2. The Wayfaring Stranger

Arkansas State U. Glee Club

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3. The Blue-tail Fly (Barit. Solo)

Arkansas State U. Glee Club

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Easy arrangements for high school and college glee clubs. Sung by the Treorchy Welsh Men’s Choir in its tour of America in the 1970s.

“This set contains a great deal of humor…In No. 2 the effectiveness and beauty lie in its simplicity”
— American Choral Foundation

Audio

00:00 / 00:00

1. Aunt Rhody

Arkansas State U. Glee Club

00:00 / 00:00

2. The Wayfaring Stranger

Arkansas State U. Glee Club

00:00 / 00:00

3. The Blue-tail Fly (Barit. Solo)

Arkansas State U. Glee Club