THE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF ALICE PARKER AND ...

1 arrangement uses men’s voices in verse 2 as a contrast (20%)
3 arrangements use a famous composer’s setting of that hymn (60%)
Spirituals summary
18 arrangements reviewed
Modes/scales of the 18 melodies:
o 10 major pentatonic
o 4 Aeolian pentatonic
o 1 major hexatonic (no LT)
o 1 harmonic minor hexatonic (no 6)
o 1 major/mixolydian (uses both b7 and leading tone)
o 1 Aeolian tetratonic
Scales most frequently used:
o F major pentatonic: 4
Performing forces:
o 4 SATTBB
o 3 SAATBB
o 2 SSAATTBB
o 2 SATB
o 2 SATBB
o 1 SATTB
o 1 SSATTBB
o 1 SAATTBB
o 1 SSAATBB
o 1 SATTBBB
Number of arrangements using soloists: 10 (56%)
Average number of verses set in each arrangement: 3
Average number of measures in each arrangement: 62.5
Number of songs sung in a language other than English: None
15 arrangements use 3 or more different voicings (unis, 2-pt, 2-pt ST/AB, 3-pt, 3-pt SSA or SAA,
3-pt TTB or TBB, 4-pt, 4-pt TTBB, etc.): (83%)
10 arrangements include at least moderate use of imitation techniques (56%)
12 arrangements include at least moderate use pedal points or ostinatos (67%)
16 arrangements employ at least moderate use of sharp contrasts in dynamics or articulation:
(89%)
Stephen Foster songs summary
9 arrangements reviewed
Modes/scales of the melodies:
o 6 major
o 3 major hexatonic (all with no 7)
Scales most frequently used:
o E major: 2
Performing forces:
o 3 SATTBB
o 2 TTBB
o 2 SATB
o 1 SAATTBB
o 1 SSAATTBB
Number of arrangements using soloists: 3 (33%)
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