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There's a recording of a demo MIDI recording of this tune at www.itwaslost.org.

"Ode on Science" is a patriotic tune in the Sacred Harp (Page 242) - written in 1798 by Jezeniah Sumner. I've always felt the folk hymn arrangement left something to be desired. I made this arrangement rather quickly last year, for high voice (soprano or tenor), two pianos & some abstract percussion. ("Drum" & "hit" which in my MIDI playback is a synth "orchestra hit", ala Miles Davis' Tutu.) Since there is no likely premier performance of this ever upcoming, I'll post this little home recording I made with the MIDI playback - remember it's just a demo, MIDI playbacks are always robotic & unsatisfying, & my singing is, merely a demo. (The two piano arrangement could be a sketch to possibly orchestrate it someday, if any specific ensemble wanted an extraction.)