There Is a Balm in Gilead

VERSION FOR SOLO VOICE (OR UNISON CHOIR) AND PIANO

Instrumentation

Solo Voice (or Unison Choir) with piano

There is a Balm in Gilead - Instrumentation and Notes

Program Notes

Vocal Solo Version

This imaginative setting of “There Is a Balm In Gilead” features the traditional spiritual’s lyrical vocal line accompanied by rich harmonies and shifting tonalities, offering the pianist a rewarding challenge. Additional arrangements for unison choir and piano and for SATB choir and chamber orchestra are also available.

Unison Choir Version

An expressive and richly harmonized orchestral accompaniment is a striking feature of this setting of the traditional African-American spiritual, “There Is a Balm in Gilead.” The original versions of this arrangement, for solo voice and piano, and for unison choir and piano, are also available.

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