Free Sheet Music | Simple Gifts Piano Solo and Guitar Chords
February 2, 2009
Free Printable Sheet Music
Simple Gifts for Piano Solo | Shaker Hymn from MakingMusicFun.net
Printable Guitar Chords
Simple Gifts | Printable Sheet Music, Lyrics and Guitar Chords (Lead Sheet) from MakingMusicFun.net
History
“Simple Gifts” was written by Elder Joseph while he was at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine in 1848. These are the lyrics to his one-verse song:
‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free,
‘Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain’d,
To bow and to bend we shan’t be asham’d,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.
Excerpt from Wikipedia.org
Appalachian Spring is a ballet score by Aaron Copland that premiered in 1944 and achieved widespread popularity as an orchestral suite…. The original ballet version is divided in 14 movements. The movements that do not appear in the orchestral suite all occur between movement 7 and the last movement. The seventh section, which is a set of variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts (1848), is the most recognizable section from the ballet…
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Video
Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring Video on YouTube.com
