“Nobody Knows De Trouble I’d Seen.” Before long, the basses are heard in
“O Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells.” The main section of the rhapsody begins
with a variation of “Nobody Knows De Trouble I’d Seen” and a repeat of
“O Peter.” The violins then engage “Oh Religion, I See Fortune,” and the
English horn is heard in “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
After the solo cello quotes two measures of “Oh, When I Come to Die,”
the last Negro melody of the rhapsody appears. This melody comes from an
untitled song found by Goldmark in a magazine, a tune sung by Tennessee
Negroes while working on the river.
François Gossec
François Joseph Gossec was born in Vergniès, Belgium, on January 17,