He explained, 'I did not want to take any chance of it being construed as racist. Ching-a-Ring Chaw was originally a minstrel song with a text in dialect that Copland felt had to be rewritten. At the River is an arrangement of the beloved 1865 hymn tune by Robert Lowry. It has been sung on many occasions, including the memorial concerts for Copland and for Leonard Bernstein. The anthem from All Saints Day 2022 at Saint Luke. The Golden Willow Tree is a variant of a well-known Anglo-American ballad which Copland first heard for banjo and voice on a recording at the Library of Congress. Aaron Copland: At the River Choral 3-part SSA, Piano Octavo Boosey and Hawkes (Hymn Tune) Composed by Aaron Copland (1900-1990), arranged by R. McCurry, was used again by Copland in his opera, The Tender Land. The hymn opens Richard Rossis 1920s period piece drama Aimee Semple McPherson. Zion's Walls, a revivalist song with words and music credited to John G. Copland wrote, 'Everyone seemed to enjoy singing and hearing the first set of folk song settings so much that I decided to arrange a second group of five.' The second five songs were also drawn from diverse sources: The Little Horses is a lullaby from the South based on a version from a Lomax collection. Dickinson, Aaron Copland combined Emily Dickinsons poetry with his music in an.
