Daniel Pinkham was a student of Walter Piston and Aaron Copland at Harvard University, and of Samuel Barber, Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulanger at Tanglewood. He taught at the New England Conservatory from 1959 until his death in 2006. The Wedding Cantata is a four movement setting for choir (SATB) with optional soprano and tenor soli and piano (or organ, or 2 horns, celesta and strings) of texts from the Song of Songs. This product is the vocal score with keyboard accompaniment. The instrumental version of the accompaniment is available from the publisher on rental.