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SSAA Chorus SKU: BP.BP122 Composed by Marianne Forman. Secular octavos. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #BP122. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.BP122). James Weldon Johnson.Winner of Honorable Mention in the 2020 King's Singers New Music Prize, Marianne Forman's sparkling music sets James Weldon Johnson's text about singing through adversity: "...and if the way grows darker still, shadowed by Sorrow's somber wing, with glad defiance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note, and sing..., ...no nights are dark, no days are long, while in my heart there swells a song, and I can sing." Deeply encouraging, and suitable for a variety of performance situations, especially as choirs work through the events of 2020. Also available for SATB.

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