Product Number | 9215* |
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Composer/Arranger | Walker, Gwyneth |
Text Author | Dunbar, Paul Laurence |
Voicing & Instruments | SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano |
Difficulty | Medium |
Text Language | English |
Topics (Secular) | Music |
Popular Choral Searches | Female Composer |
Duration | 4:00 |
Publisher | E. C. Schirmer Music Company |
Recording Credits | Performed by Choral Spectrum, Oberlin Musical Union, and the Oberlin Choristers; Ted Williams, Greg Ristow, and Jennifer McCall, directors. |
Based on a poem by African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906). The bird, a prisoner in his cage, beats his wing until the blood is red on the cruel bars. He sings a plea, to Heaven, for he would be free.