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A medley of folk tunes from early America ranging from playful to plaintive and ending in a lively hoe-down. SSA, string quartet, and piano.
Kallman Creates Publications
SSA, string quartet, piano. Duration: 10’00”
The folk songs included are: “Skip to My Lou,” “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,” and “Old Joe Clark.”
This medley is an excerpt from the extended work In Endless Song: A Mosaic of American Folk Music.
I was asked to arrange this version for the treble voices of the Hong Kong Children’s Choir in 2002.
| Score/Parts options | Choral score, Full score, String parts |
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