Celebration

Subject

reasons to celebrate year after year; a secular song of miracles

Year Composed

1992

Year Copyrighted

2011

Voicing

Unison

Musical Form

  • Verse 1
  • Verse 2
  • Verse 3

Song Details

This haunting melody in the minor mode becomes increasingly more stirring as it modulates up a step before each new verse. While rich in Hanukkah imagery, Celebration actually transcends one specific historical reference to speak in a broader sense about the miracle that will happen “when children can live in a world without fear.”

Performance options

students could be encouraged to write about celebrations in their own homes, within their own cultures; clusters of these vignettes could be read by the students between each verse of the song, as the accompanist improvises upon the melody, before modulating into the next verse

Suggested uses

  • winter holiday concert
  • multicultural-themed concert

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Celebration

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