Composition for tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, cello, and marimba. The first part of the score in the Julius Hemphill Papers has the title “Hymn,” and consists of sixteen measures of half-note chords. “Sir Preacher” is part of the theater work Ralph Ellison’s Long Tongue, where it is scored for a quartet of tenor saxophone, French horn, and cello. The archive includes professionally copied parts on manuscript for tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, cello, and marimba.
From Marty Ehrlich: This work appears on video recordings in the archive from performances of Ralph Ellison’s Long Tongue at the Kitchen in New York City in 1981. See Archival Audiovisual Material for more information.