"Going Home" is not a spiritual but rather a melody written in the Style of a spiritual by Dvorak, used in his Symphony No. 9. He and H.T. Burleigh met at the National Conservatory in NYC when Dvorak was the director and Burleigh a student. Burleigh spent many hours singing spirituals to Dvorak, whom he had learned from his grandfather, a former slave. This is why Dvorak was able to capture the true essence of the spiritual in this melody. William Arms Fisher arr. it for voice and piano.
It's not clear whether or not the song was originally a spiritual or if it was Dvořák's original composition. What IS known, however, since its use in the 9th Symphony (as correctly pointed out below), it was taken by Americans to be a spiritual, and thus BECAME one. -According to Richard Taruskin
@ scutecrone; The name of the movie you are looking for is called "Snakepit".
In the movie the 'crazy' girl dreams of being in a snakepit because she remembered reading about how they used to throw 'crazy' people into a snake pit in hopes that it would have the 'opposite' effect as it would have on a 'sane' person. In other words, if you were 'sane' you would go 'crazy' if you were thrown into a snakepit, hence, the hopes of the 'reverse effect' on 'crazy' peeps! Hope this helps! 8-)
I saw a movie many years ago - about insanity. I think the movie was made in the 40's or 50's - in black and white. This was the opening and closing music - very moving. I was just a kid - around 10 or 11 when I saw this movie - and the music blew me away. I did not know the name of it till now - 50 yrs later - lol. I really love this rendition - the best I think. Does anyone know the name if the movie? I have forgotten - sigh.
It was a Native American spiritual and Dvorak used it in his 9th symphpny's 2nd movement entitled, "Largo".
TheBandGeek33 1 week ago
Some of HT Burleigh's sheet music can be found on google books - check it out. I found a few collections there.
afsloan 1 month ago
PLEASE! CAN ANYONE DIRECT ME TO THIS SHEET MUSIC!? I MUST OWN IT! THIS EXACT ARRANGEMENT! :D
m42288 5 months ago
:'(
imperiumdiaboli 8 months ago
Bravo! Cheers from Brazil
PiscaCPT 10 months ago
beautiful
chrissoftail 1 year ago
"Going Home" is not a spiritual but rather a melody written in the Style of a spiritual by Dvorak, used in his Symphony No. 9. He and H.T. Burleigh met at the National Conservatory in NYC when Dvorak was the director and Burleigh a student. Burleigh spent many hours singing spirituals to Dvorak, whom he had learned from his grandfather, a former slave. This is why Dvorak was able to capture the true essence of the spiritual in this melody. William Arms Fisher arr. it for voice and piano.
bartoloio 1 year ago
This tune is also the theme from a movie called "Four Friends" from 1981.
454something 1 year ago
It's not clear whether or not the song was originally a spiritual or if it was Dvořák's original composition. What IS known, however, since its use in the 9th Symphony (as correctly pointed out below), it was taken by Americans to be a spiritual, and thus BECAME one. -According to Richard Taruskin
Grandmasterbirch 1 year ago
This is lovely, I believe I herd this on the movie Amistad. It's just breath taking !!
mdani06 1 year ago
@ scutecrone; The name of the movie you are looking for is called "Snakepit".
In the movie the 'crazy' girl dreams of being in a snakepit because she remembered reading about how they used to throw 'crazy' people into a snake pit in hopes that it would have the 'opposite' effect as it would have on a 'sane' person. In other words, if you were 'sane' you would go 'crazy' if you were thrown into a snakepit, hence, the hopes of the 'reverse effect' on 'crazy' peeps! Hope this helps! 8-)
884iceman 2 years ago
This song is an adaptation of the second movement (Largo) of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World." Not sure if that helps.
lnsims 2 years ago
I saw a movie many years ago - about insanity. I think the movie was made in the 40's or 50's - in black and white. This was the opening and closing music - very moving. I was just a kid - around 10 or 11 when I saw this movie - and the music blew me away. I did not know the name of it till now - 50 yrs later - lol. I really love this rendition - the best I think. Does anyone know the name if the movie? I have forgotten - sigh.
scutecrone 2 years ago
@scutecrone it's called the snkae pit from 1948 with olivia de haviland. This movie was where she won her first Oscar.
RotnPineapplesCinema 9 months ago
what a nice rendition!
guitars2112 3 years ago
a wonderful song..really enjoyed this video. Can i get the sheet music for this classic?
fmcurry 3 years ago