THE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF ALICE PARKER AND ...

Average number of verses set in each arrangement: 3
Average number of measures in each arrangement: 73.1
Number of songs sung in a language other than English: None
7 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.): (78%)
2 arrangements include at least moderate use of imitation techniques (22%)
4 arrangements include at least moderate use pedal points or ostinatos (44%)
6 arrangements employ at least moderate use of sharp contrasts in dynamics or articulation:
(67%)
Early American folk hymns summary
22 arrangements reviewed
Modes/scales of the 22 melodies:
o 7 Aeoloan
o 6 Pentatonic
o 2 Aeolian pentatonic
o 2 major hexatonic
1 with no 4
1 with no 7
o 1 Dorian pentatonic
o I Dorian
o 1 Dorian hexatonic (no 7)
o 1 Aeolian hexatonic (no 6)
o 1 Dorian and Aeolian (lowered and raised 6 both in melody)
Most used modes:
o E Aeolian: 4 (3 of these are “stark” pieces)
o A Aeolian: 2 (both are “minor haunting”)
o F Pentatonic: 2
Performing forces:
o 11 SATB
o 2 SATBB
o 1 SAATB
o 2 SSATBB
o 2 SAATBB
o 3 SAATBB
o 1 SSATBB
o 1 SSATTBB
o 2 SAATTBB
Number of arrangements using soloists: 4 (1 sop, 2 ten, 1 bar)
Average number of verses set in each arrangement: 3.18
Average number of measures in each arrangement: 59.7
16 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.): (73%)
12 arrangements include at least moderate use of imitation techniques (55%)
14 arrangements include at least moderate use pedal points or ostinatos (64%)
17 arrangements employ at least moderate use of sharp contrasts in dynamics or articulation:
(77%)
General moods of arrangements:
o 6 “hearty”
o 6 “stark”
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