Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord

Composer: MOORE, Undine Smith
  • This is an eight-part (SSAATTBB) a cappella choral anthem spiritual arrangement. Moore composed it in 19521 and it was published in 1953.2
  • Moore dedicated this piece to her mother.3
  • This piece has been recorded many times, by groups including the Virginia State College Choir, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and the Oberlin Choir.4
  • Moore mentioned that this was one of her favorites among her compositions.5

Sources

  1. Helen Walker-Hill, From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007), 52.
  2. Undine Smith Moore, Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord (USA: Belwin, 1953).
  3. Ibid., 2.
  4. Walker-Hill, From Spirituals to Symphonies, 90.
  5. Ibid., 65.

Cut IDs

23997