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Title:
Abraham Lincoln portraits.
Author:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Mabry, Sharon.

VanOsdale, Mary Kathryn.

LaMarchina, Anthony.

Wiesmeyer, Roger.

Slatkin, Leonard.

Scott, Barry, 1955-

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Lincoln, the great commoner (Choral work)

Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987. Lincoln address.

Harris, Roy, 1898-1979. Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight.

Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990. Ford's Theatre.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Lincoln legend.

McKay, George Frederick, 1899-1970. To a liberator.

Turok, Paul, 1929-2012. Variations on an American song.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Lincoln portrait.

Nashville Symphony.

Nashville Symphony. Chorus.
Publication Information:
[Hong Kong] : Naxos, ℗2009.
Call Number:
EA LINC ALP N74 951A-B
Series:
American classics

American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (1 hr., 52 min., 37 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Naxos: 8.559373-74 (on discs: 8.559373--8.559374).

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.

Words by Lincoln (2nd and 8th works) and Vachel Lindsay (3rd work).

Compact discs.

Program notes by Jane Vial Jaffe, biographical notes on the performers, and texts of the 2nd-3rd and 8th works (16 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Lincoln, the great commoner / A Lincoln address : op. 124 / Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight : for mezzo-soprano and piano trio / 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 / Lincoln legend / To a liberator : (a Lincoln tribute). Evocation ; Choral scene ; March ; Declaration ; Epilogue / Variations on an American song : aspects of Lincoln and liberty : op. 20/ Lincoln portrait
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