BALM IN GILEAD
THE ORIGIN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL MELODY IS INDEFINITE, BUT WE CAN ASSUME THAT IT WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE ORAL TRADITION. SIMILAR VERSIONS OF THE CHORUS MAY BE FOUND IN VARIOUS HYMNALS PUBLISHED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE IDENTICAL TO THE WAY IT APPEARS TODAY.
COOPER’S MELODY-PART WRITING MAKES THIS IMPORTANT SPRITITUAL MUSICALLY AVAIALBE TO THE EARLY ADOLESCENT SINGER.
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Words & Music: African-American Spiritual
Arranged by Irvin Cooper
Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano
Cambiata Press Catalog #I978102
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