Text: African American Spiritual
Language: English
Use: General Sacred
Ensemble: SAATBB, S or Mezzo solo
Accompaniment: Organ & piano
Genre: Sacred
Duration: 6 minutes
Page Count: 11
Catalog Number: NWC-155
Available from J. W. Pepper.
Note:
Let Us Break Bread Together is arranged for SATB choir (div., SAATBB), soloist, and piano & organ accompanying together. This arrangement puts into music notation a style that is typically improvised, making it possible for choirs everywhere to perform in this rousing gospel style. The first verse features the soloist with back-up a cappella choir; then at verse two the organ and piano break into a dynamic rhythmic accompaniment, with stylistic choral interjections in closed 3 part harmony, building to a resounding finale.
Related titles in this style: Amazing Grace, Blessed Assurance
Text:
Let us break bread together on our knees.
Let us break bred together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,
Oh Lord, have mercy on me.
Let us drink wine together on our knees.
Let us drink wine together on our knees.
Let us praise God together on our knees.
Let us praise God together on our knees.