Mary's Boy Child
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Product ID: MZ3 EM201
By Jester Hairston
Publisher:
Muzika
Arranger:
Van de Goot
Series:
Ensemble Music
Line Up:
Flexible Instrumentation
Duration:
4:30
Level: 3
Set & Score
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Instrumentation
1 Score
1 Piano
4 Part 1 in C treble clef
2 Part 1 in Bb treble clef
4 Part 2 in C treble clef
4 Part 2 in Bb treble clef
6 Part 3 in C treble clef
4 Part 3 in Bb treble clef
1 Part 3 in Eb treble clef
1 Part 3 in F treble clef
3 Part 4 in C alto clef
2 Part 4 in Bb low treble clef
1 Part 4 in Bb high treble clef
2 Part 4 in Eb treble clef
2 Part 4 in F treble clef
2 Part 5 in C bass clef
2 Part 5 in Bb bass clef
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Composer
Jester Hairston (1901-2000)
Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child".
Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community on the border of Stokes, Forsyth, Rockingham and Guilford counties in North Carolina. His grandparents had been slaves. At an early age he and his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh, where he graduated from high school in 1919. Hairston, who gave up studies at Massachusetts Agriculture College in the 1920s, went on to graduate from Tufts University in 1928 and studied music at the Juilliard School. Hairston pledge Chi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. in 1950. He worked as a choir conductor in the early stages of his career. His work with choirs on Broadway eventually led to his singing and acting in plays, films, radio programs, and television shows. In 1937 was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
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