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Dry Your Tears, Afrika
(from AMISTAD)


Key
  • A♭
  • B♭
Time Signature
  • 3/4
  • 4/4
Theme
  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Origin/Source
  • United States
Style
  • Movies and TV
Articulation
  • Accent
  • Slur
  • Tie
Tempo
  • a tempo
  • Fermata
  • Moderato
Dynamics
  • Crescendo
  • Decrescendo
  • Forte
  • Fortissimo
  • Mezzo Forte
Form
  • First and Second Endings
  • Introduction
  • Repeat Signs
Movement Type
  • Choreography
Voicing
  • 2-Part
Language
  • Mende
Rhythm
  • Eighth Rest
Meter
  • Mixed
  • Simple
Grade Range
  • 5
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from Amistad
Music by John Williams
Lyrics include an adapted excerpt from the poem “Dry Your Tears, Afrika” by Bernard Dadie
(© 1967 Bernard Dadie)

Copyright © 1997 Songs of SKG (BMI)
This arrangement Copyright © 2010 Songs of SKG (BMI)
Worldwide Rights for Songs of SKG Administered by Cherry River Music Co. (BMI)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

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