Music lovers describe the impact of the tune, Simple Gifts, a Shaker Hymn which was used by composer Aaron Copland. From August 2011. Show more Simple Gifts started life as a Shaker Hymn and became ...

Listen to a performance of Simple Gifts here in the orchestral setting found in Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs (1950), the performance is by Marilyn Horne. Copland also used the song as the basis ...

A cursory glance at the evening news will tell you that the world is far from unified, with most of the conflicts having to do with differences between neighboring cultures. In the music performed by ...

During lockdown, people the world over have derived comfort from music. What can it teach us about peace? A new project is asking artists to express what music means to them. Behind this effort is ...

Another rousing display of virtuosity, on this 2005 album. Deutsche Grammophon: 10 October 2005 So famous these days that his record company evidently deem his surname superfluous, the world's biggest ...

There’s a line in the song that says, “Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, Tis the gift to think of others not only think of me.” Simple Gifts in Claremont follows that tenet every ...

Musician and composer Catherine Marie Charlton first sat at a piano when she was 8. There was an instant bond that’s lasted a lifetime. Her newest recording project, “Simple Gifts: Solo Piano for the ...

Mother -- A hymn of love -- All that -- The rock -- Wake up -- Quick dance -- A march -- Children of the free woman -- Dismission of the devil -- The shameful three -- Decisive work -- Mother's golden ...