“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes,
it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
AUTHOR: Frederic Chopin
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The easier something looks to produce, the harder it is to achieve in actuality.
“The easier something looks to produce, the harder it is to achieve in actuality.
When you are good at something you make it look easy.”
COMPOSER
COMPOSER
COPLAND
"Ching a Ring Chaw"
from Old American Songs Part 2
Damien Pass, bass-baritone
Chloé Ghisalberti, piano
"Ching a Ring Chaw"
from Old American Songs Part 2
Fritz Mountford, conductor
Hastings College Choir
Ruth Moore, piano
“Ching-a-Ring Chaw” is an early minstrel song in
which the title words imitate the sound of a banjo.
“Ching-a-Ring Chaw” is a jaunty ditty, filled with syncopation and quick syllabic treatment.
The accompaniment is characterized by after beats, string pizzicato and trombone solos.
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| Henry Ossawa Tanner: The Banjo Lesson |
Copland found portions of the text in need of
rewriting due to its minstrel origins. He said,
“I did not want to take any chance of it being construed as racist.”
In 1950’s America, this was a very enlightened viewpoint.
In 1950’s America, this was a very enlightened viewpoint.
"Ching a Ring Chaw" Lyrics:
Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching,
Ho a ding-a-ding kum larkee,
Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching,
Ho a ding kum larkee.
Brothers gather round,
Listen to this story,
'Bout the promised land,
An' the promised glory.
You don't need to fear,
If you have no money,
You don't need none there,
To buy you milk and honey.
There you'll ride in style,
Coach with four white horses,
There the evenin' meal,
Has one two three four courses.
Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching,
Ho a ding-a-ding kum larkee,
Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching,
Ho a ding kum larkee.
Nights we all will dance
To the harp and fiddle,
Waltz and jig and prance,
"And Cast off down the middle!"
When the mornin' come,
All in grand and splendour,
Stand out in the sun,
And hear the holy thunder!
Brothers hear me out,
The promised land's a-comin'
Dance and sing and shout,
I hear them harps a strummin.'
Ching-a-ring-a ching
Ching ching, ching a ring ching
Ching-a-ring-a ching ching,
Ching-a-ring-a ching ching,
Ching-a-ring-a,
Ching-a-ring-a,
Ching-a-ring-a,
Ring, ching ching ching CHAW!
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HARMONY
HARMONY
1. simple
2. Major Key
3. Only two chords support the melody,
the Tonic (I) and the Supertonic (ii)
the Tonic (I) and the Supertonic (ii)
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MELODY
1. Simple
2. Predictable
3. Repetitious
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RHYTHM
1. Immitation of a banjo strumming
2. Very complex, driving, layered rhythms
3. Vocal percussive
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GROWTH/FORM
1. Verse/Refrain
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TIME SIGNATURE
1. 2/4
2. Consistant Tempo
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KEY SIGNATURE
1. D Major
2. 2 #’s
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| William Sidney Mount http://usslave.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post.html |
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