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Thread #97890   Message #1931687
Posted By: Haruo
09-Jan-07 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: God's Trombones (James Weldon Johnson)
Subject: Music for 'God's Trombones'?
In a thread on "Baptist songwriters" at BaptistLife.com, "Cathy" asks, "who did the musical arrangements/score for God's trombones that was popular in the last mid century era[?]"

I see several references to James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones (text courtesy of UNCCH) in the Mudcat forum, but they all seem to refer to recitation/declamation of the text as verse; I don't see any thing about musical settings or accompaniments. A cursory googling doesn't bring it to the top, either.

Does anyone know the answer to Cathy's question, or have leads on any other music for this piece?

The occasion of the "Baptist songwriters" thread is a Swedish church choir planning a concert on that theme. Any additions to what we have so far provided them would be welcome, it doesn't have to be on Johnson.

Haruo