Lord, I Want to Be a Christian - brass quintet
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Ensembles
Brass Ensemble
Brass Quintet
Genres
Folk
Gospel
Spirituals
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Levels
Intermediate
Usages
Sacred
Brass Ensemble,Brass Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.726089

Composed by African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Todd Marchand. Christian,Folk,Gospel,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and parts. 12 pages. Con Spirito Music #4796609. Published by Con Spirito Music (A0.726089).

"Lord, I Want to Be a Christian" is a spiritual that is thought to have originated in 1750s Virginia with enslaved African-Americans who were exposed to the teaching of Presbyterian evangelist Samuel Davies.

The song is typical of the call-and-response form of many spirituals, in which each of the four verses begins with a call - "Lord, I want to be a Christian," "Lord, I want to be more loving," "Lord, I want to be more holy," and "Lord, I want to be like Jesus," - followed by the response, "in my heart." Both the text and tune were first published in Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907), compiled by brothers Frederick Work and John W. Work, Jr.

This arrangement includes three verses, each in a different key, with various harmonizations of both the verses and refrain.

©Copyright 2019 Todd Marchand / ConSpiritoMusic.com

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