# Caged Bird: SSAA Choral Octavo

- **Brand:** Alfred Music
- **Price:** $1.90
- **Catalog:** alfred
- **Retailer:** alfred
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqVJ1QUXMocjNzDy03jUxX2lg4D5-jEt4fRf5_RCjMzhxQDNIA1Oie0lw7NKJBa2utXM23LkmO4Lb2lRv6P_XrkHyh_QuDPDIfYRkwvZW1eqpPMeNI1Zm0txERap-t-STBADRGBCiJiHH42wZksUFk1sTg5bAPcRGTKaGQhTMv0PzamO7Yv68bHwn4f5FIIczGp6bC_bdN4BQJlou-ell_Bxb6BrRfExuOEJ9VTmEGRqMxTHvPHil3p9rJljV4X-Zexd104WfXRTvm3Xh8hgGX8q8tGCIq39qbS2vhPT3RWjqx4D62OwGrrkGwCz2qGkojFzOiyIzBu58Ef-rB75zQeyLAVB8EmuT2dJmyBKIQOEY7b56NuWIAw9sEceTZeAW7Z4Ajo_fZjpTGTsMA_MGOyhU1Hm1ZChEw-WuB1TnOmELNXKk=

## Summary

Caged Bird SSAA choral octavo sheet music for voices and piano, featuring text by Maya Angelou and music by Mark Hayes.

## Description

A folk-like setting of Maya Angelou's empowering poem, which compares a bird's longing to be liberated with that of all people. Hayes chooses a minor key with plenty of harmonic tension and a walking tempo that suggests the footsteps of those who have come before. The final Picardy third is the ultimate symbol of freedom. This is the second movement from the song cycle Like Dust I Rise .

## Categories

- **Categories:** Digital Download

## Enrichment

- **Type:** sheet music
- **Type Synonyms:** musical score, choral octavo, digital score
- **Tags:** printed music, musical notation, choral arrangement
- **Category Path:** Media > Sheet Music
- **Music genre:** Folk, Vocal music
- **Compatible instrument:** Piano
- **Canonical Brand:** Alfred Music

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/63d6585a636b7ad43f6a0abd517efe95.png)
- ![Image 2](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/704f8f688d2937a605efff0ee6cf8af4.png)
- ![Image 3](https://cdn.octogen.ai/9b2a64a810fa62ecdf8db63b242cdf34/454ae12ab238af36cddd54865a483018.png)

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