Swingin' Samson (Unison voices)

Series: Music Sales America
Publisher: Novello
Composer: Michael Hurd
Unison voices (with divisions) and easy piano
10 mins.

An enormously fun pop cantata for narrator, unison voices (with divisions) and easy piano with guitar chord symbols.

The work is divided into six sections opening with a lively description of Samson himself. It explains his enormous strength and outlines his prowess on the field of battle. Highlights of the cantata include the scene in a barber's shop, with a background of snipping scissors.

This is followed by a splendid music-hall song in which the whole audience can join! The finale describes the Philistine's party – set as a square dance – at the end of which Samson pulls down the whole building!

• Michael Hurd: Rooster Rag
• Michael Hurd: Swingin' Samson (Unison voices)
• Michael Hurd: Jonah-Man Jazz
• Merrily On High (upper voices)