Go Down Moses
$24.95
Item ID #: MUABE9832
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Grade Level 3
Year: 1998
Type: Swing/Jazz Style
Composer: James Cheyne
Program Notes:
The well-known African-American spiritual “Go Down Moses” is the basis for this attractive swing setting. The words reflect the strong identification by early African-American Christians with the story of the suffering of the nation of Israel in Egypt as recorded in the book of Exodus:
When Israel was in Egypt’s land, let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand, let my people go
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land
Tell old Pharaoh, to let my people go.
American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)