"Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "At the River" are the popular names for the traditional Christian hymn originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by
Robert Lowry
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Old American Songs are two sets of songs arranged by Aaron Copland in 1950 and 1952 respectively, after research in the Sheet Music Collection of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, in
Shall We Gather at the River?
…uses an 8.7.8.7 R meter. An arrangement was also composed by Charles Ives and titles "At The River." A later arrangement is included in Aaron Copland's Old American Songs (1952) in addition to being used by German composer Anton Plate in 'At The River' (2003), and by American wind band composer David Maslanka in his…
Aaron Copland in 1962