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Julius Hemphill : Composer

Twelve Gates

August 28, 2018 by Editor

Composition for two saxophones, known from a part in Hemphill’s hand for soprano saxophone. This composition may have been intended for the duo album Buster Bee (1978), as it appears in Oliver Lake’s manuscript with other pieces recorded for those sessions. No known recording.

From Marty Ehrlich: The melody for soprano saxophone is a version of the African-American spiritual “Twelve Gates to the City.” Hemphill indicates the melody is to be played “slowly” that theme is to be played twice, ad lib and “out chorus with liberties.”

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Filed Under: Compositions S-Z Tagged With: Oliver Lake

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