Barter
for SSATBB mixed choir, unaccompanied
This work was commissioned by the Jane Froman Singers of Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, under the direction of Nollie Moore.
SKU: RBT-005
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
| Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
| Season or Event: | Graduation |
| Descriptive Tags: | Celebratory, Comfort, Inspiration, Poetry |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Voicing: | SATB, SSATBB |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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