Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child
Traditional, transcribed by Donald Hunsberger
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General Info
Year: 1985
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (or simply "Motherless Child") is a traditional Negro spiritual. It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States when it was common practice to sell children of slaves away from their parents. An early performance of the song dates back to the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Like many traditional songs, it has many variations and has been recorded widely, very notably the 1989 CBS Records Masterworks CD entitled Carnival featuring Wynton Marsalis on cornet with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, conducted by transcriber Donald Hunsberger.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor; Allan Dean, trumpet) – 20 September 2017
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Symphonic Band (Kelvin Jones, conductor; Michael Hull, trumpet) – 20 April 2017
- Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday conductor; Brian Shaw, trumpet) – 3 May 2010
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Almighty Father (as arranger) (1971/1974)
- Catfish Row (as arranger) (1934/2000)
- Dancin' into the 20's (as arranger) (1999)
- The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare (as editor) (1939/2000)
- Fantaisie brilliante (as arranger) (1861/1987?/2011)
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (as arranger) (1723?/1997)
- Fantasia on Lady of Spain (as arranger) (1931/1960)
- Festive Overture (as arranger) (1954/1965)
- Folk Festival (as arranger) (1955/1971)
- Galop (as transcriber) (1959/1971)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (as editor) (1900/1983)
- Hommage à Rameau (as transcriber) (1905/2009)
- Jack Tar (as arranger) (1903/)
- A Jazz Suite (as arranger) (1961)
- La Bamba de Vera Cruz (as arranger) (1960)
- La Vallée des Cloches (as arranger) (1905/1981)
- Le Carnaval de Venise (as arranger) (c. 1865/2015)
- The Marines' Hymn (as arranger; adapt. Patterson)
- Meditation No. 2 (as arrangerr) (1971/1973)
- Moto Perpetuo (as arranger) (c.1835/1985)
- Napoli (as arranger) (1934/1990/2011)
- Overture to "Colas Breugnon" (as transcriber) (1937/2003)
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (as transcriber) (1703-1713/1968/1975)
- Prelude and Fugue in E-flat (as transcriber) (c. 1739/2009)
- Quiet City (as arranger) (1941/1992)
- Rhapsody in Blue (as arranger) (1924/1998)
- Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child (as transcriber) (1985)
- Sonata for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (as arranger) (1956/1986/1998)
- Star Wars Trilogy (as arranger) (1977/1997)
- Three Dance Episodes from "Spartacus" (as arranger) (1954/1969)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as transcriber) (1705/1998)
- Two Irish Folk Melodies (as arranger) (1986/2017)
- Variations for Wind Band (as arranger) (1957/1988/1997)
- Vocalise, Opus 34, No. 14 (as arranger) (1909/2004)
Resources
- Kelvin Jones, personal correspondence, April 2017
- Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child, Wikipedia Accessed 12 April 2017