For Bass Voice, Djembe and Piano
By Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

The opening of Stanley Moss's poem unfurls the spirit captured in Zwilich's musical setting for Bass Voice, Djembe (African drum), and Piano: "I salute a word, I stand up and give it my chair, because this one Zulu word, ubuntu, holds what English takes seven to say: 'the essential dignity of every human being.' I give my hand to ubuntu - " Zwilich's six-minute work proudly declaims Moss's message, using a djembe to add African-inspired color and punctuation to the musical whole.

Performing Ensemble: Voice and Instrument
Instrumentation: Bass, Djembe, Piano
Item Number: 141-40098
Number of Pages: 16
Text: Stanley Moss, "Ubuntu"
Duration: 6:00
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Print Status: In Print

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