Southern Harmony (Duckworth)
Southern Harmony is a minimalist composition by William Duckworth written in 1980 and 1981. It is scored for unaccompanied mixed chorus, and is an original work created through adaptation of shape-note songs from the 1854 compilation Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (first published 1835). Southern Harmony is divided into four books (or sections) that were premiered over the span of a decade. The complete work was premiered in February 1992 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York by the Gregg Smith Singers.
The individual movements of Southern Harmony are:
Book One
- 1. Consolation
- 2. Wondrous Love
- 3. Hebrew Children
- 4. Solemn Thought
- 5. Rock of Ages
Book Two
- 6. Cheerful
- 7. War Department
- 8. Condescension
- 9. Holy Manna
- 10. Bozrah
Book Three
- 11. The Mouldering Vine
- 12. Mear
- 13. Leander
- 14. Sardina
- 15. Windham
Book Four
- 16. Distress
- 17. Nashville
- 18. Turtle Dove
- 19. Primrose
- 20. Social Band
References
- Monroe Street Music
- Southern Harmony compact disk
- SIlverman, Adam. "Stylistic Combination and Methodical Construction in William Duckworth's Southern Harmony". Contemporary Music Review Volume 20, Number 4, 2001, pp. 45-59 (15).
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