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I’M TROUBLED IN MIND For Chorus (SAA) and Piano
an A f r ic an- A m e r ican Sp ir itu al ar r ang ed b y B r ax to n B lake
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC
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I’M TROUBLED IN MIND For Chorus SSA and Piano A
an A fr i c a n - Ame r i c a n S p i r i t u a l a r r a n g e d by Br a xt on Bl a ke
Braxton Blake was raised in Galveston, Texas where he first studied composition and theory with Francis J. Pyle. He then attended the University of Houston from 1972-1976, studying composition with Michael Horvit and Thomas Benjamin, with additional concentration in piano and conducting. He enrolled at the Eastman School of Music in 1976, where he studied composition with Samuel Adler, Warren Benson, and Joseph Schwantner. At Eastman, he served as music director of the Musica Nova Ensemble (1978-1979). He received the degrees Master of Music in 1979 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1990.
Mr. Blake has participated in various music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival (1978), the Bayreuth Festival (1980), and the Dartington Festival, (1984, studies in composition with Peter Maxwell Davies and conducting with Diego Masson). While living in Stuttgart, he studied composition with Milko Kelemen at the Staatliche Musikhochschule from 1984-1986. His professional engagements include serving as music director for the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, New York (1981-1984), with which he toured extensively throughout the United States, as well as guest appearances with Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, Musik Fabrik, Düsseldorf, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the South German Radio Choir, the Contemporary Music Alliance Stuttgart, the Koechlin Ensemble, Ensemble 20, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Studio Ensemble Stuttgart, and Musica Nova Stuttgart. He has recorded extensively for the South German Radio and has recorded for Muza and for Col Legno recordings.
Mr. Blake’s commissions include those from the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Denmark (Four Songs), the Philharmonic Brass, Stuttgart (Brass Quartet), the Vail Valley Foundation, (Piece of Cake) the City of Mannheim (Saxophone Sonata), Ensemble 20 (Three Preludes), the Stuttgart Philharmonic (Viola Concerto), the City of Stuttgart (Octet), the West German Radio, Cologne (Creole Folksongs), the Stuttgart Ballet (Salome), and the John Cranko School of the Stuttgart Ballet (Alice in Wonderland). Recently, seven works of his have been recorded for broadcast and CD release by the Südwest Rundfunk (Baden-Baden) and both the Albany and Ars-Musici labels have released CDs of his music. His compositions are published by Theodore Presser and Columbia University Music Press. Mr. Blake is the recipient of the 2001 Wladimir and Rhoda Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
BRAXTON
BLAKE MUSIC http://braxtonblake.com 1508 Longshore Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Tel/Fax 734/332-9277
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I’M TROUBLED IN MIND
PROHIBITED
African-America Spiritual arrranged by Braxton Blake
Slowly Soprano I’m
Alto I I’m
Alto II I’m
Slowly
Piano
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trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled
in
mind,
If
Je
sus
don’t
trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled
in
mind,
If
Je
sus
don’t
trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled,
I’m
trou
bled
in
mind,
If
Je
sus
don’t
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10
help
me
I
sure
ly
will
die.
Oh,
Je
sus
my
help
me
I
sure
ly
will
die.
Oh,
Je
sus
my
help
me
I
sure
ly
will
die.
Oh,
Je
sus
my
Sav
vior,
on
Thee
I’ll
de
pend,
When
trou
bles
are
Sav
vior,
on
Thee
I’ll
de
pend,
When
trou
bles
are
Sav
vior,
on
Thee
I’ll
de
pend,
When
trou
bles
are
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5
20
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Solo
near
me,
You’ll be
my
true
friend.
near
me,
You’ll be
my
true
friend.
I want Je sopranos (tutti)
I’m
trou
sus
to walk with
bled,
I’m
altos (tutti)
near
me,
You’ll be
my
true
friend.
I’m
trou
bled,
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me
trou
I
bled,
I’m
want
I’m
trou
bled,
Je
sus
trou
bled
I’m
to walk
in
trou
bled,
with
me;
All
mind,
a
If
in
mind,
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25
long
my
Je
sus
pil
grim
don’t
If
Je
jour
ney,
help
me
sus
don’t
I want Je
I
help
sure
me
sus
to
ly
I
walk with
will
sure
ly
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Tutti
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Lord,
me.
When
lad
dened
with
trou
ble,
and
bur
dened
with
die.
When
lad
dened
with
trou
ble,
and
bur
dened
with
When
lad
dened
with
trou
ble,
and
bur
dened
with
will
die.
sempre sostenuto
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grief;
To
Je
sus
in
se
cret,
I’ll
go
for
re
grief;
To
Je
sus
in
se
cret,
I’ll
go
for
re
grief;
To
Je
sus
in
se
cret,
I’ll
go
for
re
bled,
I’m
Soprano solo
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I
lief.
lief.
lief.
want
Je
I’m
trou
sus
bled,
I’m
I’m
trou
trou
bled,
I’m
I’m
trou
bled,
trou
bled,
I’m
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I
trou
bled
I’m
trou
in
trou
want
Je
mind,
If
bled
bled,
I’m
in
trou
sus
Je
mind,
bled
sus
If
in
don’t
Je
mind,
help
sus
If
don’t
Je
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I
sure
ly
I
help
me
will
sure
die.
ly
I
want
will
sure
ly
die.
will
die.
Je
me
sus
sus
I
help
me
don’t