Works about Gratitude
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
A Love Like That: Songs of Unconditional Love
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Poet/Lyricist: Silsbee, Emerson, Hafiz, Alexander, White
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: Various
Be Grateful, My Soul
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
Poet/Lyricist: Norbert Čapek
- SSAA a cappella OR 5-part canon
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: English folk prayer
- 2 or 4 part treble choir a cappella
- SATB a cappella
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Evelyn K. Dudley
- SSAA a cappella
- SATB a cappella
- TTBB a cappella
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB + children’s choir, piano, opt. flute and trumpets
Level: M
Only a Couple Fishes
An animated retelling of the “loaves and fishes” story, with generosity at its core
An animated retelling of the “loaves and fishes” story, with generosity at its core
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SA, piano
Level: ME
Song of the Five Thousand
A canonic table grace with abundance, gratitude and generosity at its core
A canonic table grace with abundance, gratitude and generosity at its core
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Flexible choral voicing
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Traditional
- Flexible voicing: 1-4 pt. choir
Level: ME
We Lift Up Our Hearts
An intergenerational song of thanksgiving appropriate for religious or secular occasions
An intergenerational song of thanksgiving appropriate for religious or secular occasions
Poet/Lyricist: Richard Fewkes
- SATB + children’s choir, piano
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Rabbis Sylvan Kamens / Jack Riemer
- SATB, piano
Level: M
