| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
American classics |
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American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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| Contents |
Lincoln, the great commoner / Charles Ives (3:39) -- A Lincoln address : op. 124 / Vincent Persichetti (13:22) -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight : for mezzo-soprano and piano trio / Roy Harris (14:10) -- Ford's Theatre : a few glimpses of Easter week, 1865. Preamble ; Walt Whitman and the dying soldier ; Passing troops ; The telegraph fugue : an etude for strings, with timpani ; Moonlight on the Savannah ; The theatre ; The River Queen ; Premonitions : a duett with a hall clock ; Pennsylvania Avenue, April 9, 1865 ; Good Friday, 1865 ; The long rain ; Conclusion / Ernst Bacon (29:43) -- Lincoln legend / Morton Gould (16:36) -- To a liberator : (a Lincoln tribute). Evocation ; Choral scene ; March ; Declaration ; Epilogue / George Frederick McKay (11:18) -- Variations on an American song : aspects of Lincoln and liberty : op. 20/ Paul Turok (9:18) -- Lincoln portrait / Aaron Copland (14:31) |
| Notes |
The 1st work for chorus and orchestra; the 2nd and 8th are for narrator and orchestra; the 3rd work is a cantata, for mezzo-soprano and piano trio; the 4th is a suite for orchestra; the 5th, 7th are for orchestra; the 6th is a symphonic poem, for chorus and orchestra |
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Words by Lincoln (2nd and 8th works) and Vachel Lindsay (3rd work) |
| Performer |
In the 3rd work: Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano ; Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, violin ; Anthony LaMarchina, violoncello ; Roger Wiesmeyer, piano. In the remainder: Nashville Symphony ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor ; with Barry Scott, narrator (2nd, 8th works) ; Nashville Symphony Chorus (1st, 6th works) |
| Event |
Recorded July 1, 2007, and July 6 and Sept. 27, 2008, Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tenn |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Songs and music.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Musical settings.
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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 -- Musical settings
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 fast |
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Music -- United States -- 20th century
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Monologues with music (Orchestra)
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Orchestral music.
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Symphonic poems.
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Variations (Orchestra)
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
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Monologues with music (Orchestra)
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Music
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Orchestral music
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Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice)
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Symphonic poems
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Variations (Orchestra)
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United States
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Streaming audio
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Music
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Musical settings
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Songs and music
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Songs
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Songs.
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Music.
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Musical settings.
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Musique.
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Mises en musique.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Mabry, Sharon.
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VanOsdale, Mary Kathryn.
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LaMarchina, Anthony.
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Wiesmeyer, Roger.
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Slatkin, Leonard.
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Scott, Barry, 1955-2020.
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
Lincoln, the great commoner (Choral work)
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Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
Lincoln address.
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Harris, Roy, 1898-1979.
Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight.
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Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990.
Ford's Theatre.
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Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
Lincoln legend.
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McKay, George Frederick, 1899-1970.
To a liberator.
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Turok, Paul, 1929-2012.
Variations on an American song.
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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
Lincoln portrait.
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Nashville Symphony.
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Nashville Symphony. Chorus.
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