”Bye Bye Spiritual” by Luigi di Ghisallo should be understood as a counterpole to his earlier ”Morning / Mourning Spiritual”. Furthermore, the composer wants these pieces to be performed at specific places during a concert. ”Morning Spiritual” should be played as an opening number or immediately before the intermission, while ”Bye Bye Spiritual” should always be programmed at the end of a concert evening.

In his fantasy on songs of the black population of the American south, the composer inte...