| Weight | 2 oz |
|---|---|
| Instrument | |
| Level | 3 |
| Preview | https://www.despub.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/pdf169413.pdf |
| Recording | https://www.despub.com/wp-content/uploads/music/mpt169413.mp3 |
| Occasion | |
| Tune Name | |
| Theme | Higher Ground |
| Hymn First Line | I'm pressing on the upway way |
| Writer | |
| Composer | |
| Publisher | |
| Copyright | 2000 |
| Key | G, Eb |
| Meter | 4-4, 2-4 |
| Duration | 2'15" |
| Idiom | String Quartet |
| Form | Song (ternary) |
| Comments | (vln III/vla) |
Higher Ground
$9.00
Vitality is the word that describes the activity of the string quartet in the whole opening section. It then moves to expressive, imitative devices in the middle section where it leads to a finale even more vigorous than the beginning.
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