"Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" by Rosephanye Powell - Hitt Street Harmony
Автор: Mizzou Choirs
Загружено: 2021-12-16
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Daniel Shafer, director
McCade Gordon, collaborative pianist
Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell is recognized as one of America’s most popular female composers of choral and vocal music. A highly commissioned composer for all levels of choral singing, Dr. Powell frequently serves as conductor, clinician, and lecturer at All-State and Honor Choirs across the country. She served on the faculties of both Philander Smith College (AR) and Georgia Southern University prior to her arrival at Auburn University in 2001.
Dr. Powell sets a traditional African-American Spiritual text, Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child, that on the surface describes the hopelessness of a child being taken from their mother, a common practice during the era of American slavery. In an allusion to life before slavery, Dr. Powell uses the West African phrases “Bokaya kaya” and “Nu wo vinowo” meaning “something terrible has happened” and “something has happened to mothers,” respectively. There lies a subtle hope within the word “sometimes” that is repeated throughout the work. While the high, arching soprano lines and rapid dynamic changes emulate mournful weeping, Dr. Powell chose to end the piece on a major chord representing the hope of a new, more promising future .
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