Vacant Chair, The [level: Medium] George F. Root, arr. Ben Allaway: Bio and other works
voicing: SATB div. | catalog number: SBMP 687 |duration: 6:40 | price: $2.10
accompaniment: piano, trpt; opt bluegrass ens. INSTRUMENT PART: Trumpet in B part FREE Download
THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM, a famous Civil War song, is the basis of this arrangement. The composer has added his own final verse to the text, the significance of which is the poignant image of a vacant chair at Thanksgiving due to the death of the young soldier days earlier. The arranger has woven trumpet taps into the fabric of this emotional, stirring song.