Goin' Home

steve · Post by **steve** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:11 pm

Hi Guest,

The link Guest posted in March of 2006 is still working. See here:

http://www.thefinalrollcall.us/rc_goinghome.html

God bless!
Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:21 pm

Steve,

I really think I found Going Home in the NameThatHymn.com Blog. It would have been some time ago but I don't remember the date.

Is it possible to search the blog site?

Thanks

steve · Post by **steve** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:29 pm

Hi Guest,

A link to the blog site is still available from the Home Page. I removed it from the top navigation because I (embarrasingly) have not been able to update it recently. Call it a six-month case of writer's block

You can search the blog (or for any other page on the site) from the bottom of this forum--just type in your search query on the box on the bottom of this page and click the radio button "www.namethathymn.com".

However, I'm pretty sure I never wrote a blog about Going Home specifically. But maybe I will soon--perhaps that's what'll get me out of my writer's block

God bless!
Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:10 am

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WEB SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been looking EVERY WHERE for this hymn and a place to buy it. WORDS ARE NOT MADE TO SAY WHAT I FEEL I went to BYU and bought the CD immediately!!!! God Bless & and thanks to all who have posted info.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:29 am

Hallo,
there is a version on the cd libera, angel voices sung by a boychoir. Solists: Michael Horncastle and Tom Cully.

Michael

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:44 pm

was this written by slaves? is that were it originated?

steve · Post by **steve** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:05 pm

Hi Guest,

A few folks have posted about the history of this song above.

The original music is from Antonin Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, writen in the last 1800s. Dvorak used as his inspiration the American and African-American music tradition (including spirituals).

Years after the symphony was composed, a student of Dvorak, William Arms Fisher, wrote the lyrics.

As Guest posted above, the fact that many people believe (erroneously) that this song is a traditional folk tune or spiritual is a testament to how accurate Dvorak (a Czech composer) captured the spirit of early American music.

Thanks,
Steve

steve · Post by **steve** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:00 pm

For those looking for sheet music for performing this, SheetMusicPlus has a lot of options:

Piano + Low Voice:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - Low

Piano + Medium Voice:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - Medium

Piano + High Voice:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - High

Soprano/Alto/Bass:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - SAB

Soprano/Soprano/Alto:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - SSA

Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - SATB

Three to Five Octave Handbells:
Goin' Home Sheet Music - Handbells

Best,
Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:47 pm

thanks

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:10 pm

I attended my uncle's funeral in the North of Scotland earlier this week and Goin' Home was sung as he was carried from the Church. A quick search revealed this thread and I fully concur with the many thoughts expressed in it. Thank you for the various links to audio renditions. Very poignant.
Kind Regards,
Ian, London UK