{"product_id":"loggins-hull-mamas-little-precious-thing-alliekat","title":"Loggins-Hull: Mama's Little Precious Thing","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/zh\/collections\/allison-loggins-hull\"\u003eAllison Loggins-Hull\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eSoprano, String Ensemble\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mama's Little Precious Thing (2018)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Spiral Bound\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e8.9\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROGRAM NOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama's Little Precious Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is inspired by Willie \"Ma Willie\" Abrams and her \"Roman Stripes\" quilts. Her granddaughter, Louise Williams, described her as a quiet woman, but in the presence of an infant or young child, that would change and she \"would just light up.\" She was known for comforting and improvising lullabies to these children and many times she used the words \"Mama's little precious thing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliams says, \"Even though Ma Willie was a very quiet person, there was strength in her quietness… she was born in 1897 in a small country town in Alabama, where, even though slavery had officially been over for many years, many were still living in the aftermath of it. I believe she was quiet not because she didn't have anything to say, but because she came from a world where you did not speak until you were spoken to.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMama's Little Precious Thing\u003c\/em\u003e borrows stylings from lullabys (the piece opens with a play on Brahms' lullaby) and traditional Black southern musical idioms including the blues and call-and-response. Informed by her \"Roman Stripes\" pieces, the string ensemble often represents her use of vertical (pizzicati) and horizontal (long and sustained) lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Allison Loggins-Hull\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AllieKat Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328351498319,"sku":"131514","price":77.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d957eb0ce5ce42b3dc3e4408fac7fec9.png?v=1767982122","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/zh\/products\/loggins-hull-mamas-little-precious-thing-alliekat","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}