Simple GiftsJoseph Brackett
Simple Gifts
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Simple Gifts by Anonymous. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.
Several Shaker manuscripts indicate that this is a "Dancing Song" or a "Quick Dance." The references to "turning" in the last two lines have been identified as dance instructions. The melody was used by Aaron Copeland as the basis for Appalachian Spring. (summary by Wikipedia and David Lawrence)
Audiolibros
14 capítulos
11 min
- 1 Simple Gifts - Read by ALC0:47
- 2 Simple Gifts - Read by DL0:43
- 3 Simple Gifts - Read by GHS0:47
- 4 Simple Gigts - Read by JB0:41
- 5 Simple Gifts - Read by LAH0:48
- 6 Simple Gifts - Read by LLW0:47
- 7 Simple Gifts - Read by MLR0:47
- 8 Simple Gifts - Read by MOE0:51
- 9 Simple Gifts - Read by NJB0:56
- 10 Simple Gifts - Read by RN0:53
- 11 Simple Gifts - Read by SD0:51
- 12 Simple Gifts - Read by TDO0:43
- 13 Simple Gifts - Read by VCF0:49
- 14 Simple Gifts - Read by VG0:46