Emmad Ansari

Singer:Mahalia Jackson
Title: Trouble of the World
Date of recording: 195s
St!le of "ork: #lack $os%el
Source: &outube'com
Trouble of the World( is the name of the song sung b! Mahalia Jackson and starts "ith a
%iano intro in the minor ke!' There is a "alt) t!%e beat being %la!ed softl! on a snare(
ho"e*er( d!namics of it is *er! lo"' +ight after the %iano intro ends its solo melod!
Mahalia starts right on beat and sings the l!rics ,soon - "il be done'. She %rolongs the
first "ord and uses a lot of *ocal idios!ncrasies' /er *oice is *er! lo" for a female and it
reminds me of classical music and o%era' The l!ric of the song matches "ith the o*erall
tone of the song as it is *er! gloom! and ha%%! at the same time' The song is sa!ing that
soon the hardshi%s of this "orld "ill be gone and "e "ill be in a better %lace' The tem%o
or beat doesn0t change in this song( ho"e*er( to"ards the ending the drum starts and
Mahalia raises her *oice and the song ends "ith a chord' - am not sure if there is an organ
being %la!ed in the background because - hear another instrument accom%an!ing the
song in addition to the %iano' The o*erall recording sounds like it "as all li*e and
im%ro*ised' After hearing this song the combination of l!rics and music gi*es me an
u%lifting feel'