Performance Insights BALM IN GILEAD (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE)   THE ORIGIN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL MELODY IS INDEFINITE, BUT WE CAN ASSUME THAT IT WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE ORAL TRADITION.  SIMILAR VERSIONS OF THE CHORUS MAY BE FOUND IN VARIOUS HYMNALS PUBLISHED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE IDENTICAL TO THE WAY IT APPEARS TODAY.    COOPER'S MELODY-PART WRITING MAKES THIS IMPORTANT SPRITITUAL MUSICALLY AVAIALBE TO THE EARLY ADOLESCENT SINGER.   ACCESS THE THREE-PART (CLICK HERE) VARIABLE VOICING CHART TO SEE THE  OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.     Words & Music:  African-American Spiritual Arranged by Irvin Cooper Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I978102   This work is available in E-Print.   Please remember the copyright law. It is illegal to purchase one copy, then photocopy it.   ORDER HARD COPY SCORES FROM YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC DISTGRIBUTOR, J.W.PEPPER, INC. OR DIRECTLY FROM CAMBIATA PRESS