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Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

from Alone, Independent and Unresolved by Gay Pearson

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My arrangement of "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" was initially inspired by six reharmonizations I came up with for the "A" section of this tune as an assignment for a reharmonization course I took in the late 1980s from Laurie Altman at Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, NJ. Earlier this year, while deciding on tunes and arrangements for this CD, I found myself inspired to arrange something my three sisters (flutist, violist, cellist) could play on. So, with Tyrone, of course a quartet was the logical choice, except for the bridge which is for jazz trio only.
Each of the six "A" sections for the two heads is based on a different reharmonization, voiced for quartet. However, the "A" sections of the choruses are all duets, with each duet being a different combination of flute, viola, cello and bass (again, each a different harmonization). To my amazement I discovered that there are exactly six possible combinations, which is based on the formula "X times 3/2", or, as in this case, 4 times 3/2 = 6.

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from Alone, Independent and Unresolved, released December 31, 1998
Arranged by Gay Pearson. Featuring: Lea Pearson: Flute. Loren Pearson: Viola. Beth Pearson: Cello.

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Please visit www.gaypearson.com for the latest concert videos and professional recordings of my most recent compositions since 2015 on www.bigroundrecords.com. to 2019 in Newburyport MA. with John Lockwood on bass, Tracy McMullen on sax, Phil McGowan on drums. Pearson gives her audience a double barrel of swinging excitement that's married to a love of the lyrical melody".
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