Orchestra Focus: Civil War & Emancipation Proclamation

Civil War & Emancipation Proclamation The significance of the Civil War to America cannot be measured, ending slavery at the cost of being the deadliest war in American history. To mark the upcoming sesquicentennial anniversaries of the Civil War (2011) and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (2013), below is a list of works inspired by these events and an era defined by them.  Orchestral       Lan Adomián Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Baritone, orchestra Ernst Bacon Ford's Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865 orchestra       John Alden Carpenter War Lullaby orchestra Richard Danielpour Three Prayers Soprano, orchestra Anthony Davis Amistad Symphony orchestra       Herbert Elwell Lincoln Requiem Baritone, chorus, orchestra Morton Gould Amber Waves — on "America the Beautiful" orchestra   American Ballads, Settings of American Tunes for Orchestra orchestra   Jubilo — on "Year of the Jubilo" orchestra   Lincoln Legend orchestra   Memorials — on "Taps" orchestra   A Song of Freedom orchestra Roy Harris Concert Overture — March in Time of war orchestra   Freedom's Land Chorus and orchestra   Symphony No. 6 "Gettysburg" orchestra   When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Overture orchestra Kirke Mecham Songs of the Slave Bass Baritone, Soprano; chorus and orchestra       Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Freedom-Freedom Chorus and orchestra Sergei Prokofiev Ode to the End of the War orchestra       Ray Ringwald, arr. Schoenfield Battle Hymn of the Republic Chorus and orchestra       John Sacco Liberty Under God Chorus and orchestra William Schuman A Free Song, Secular Cantata No. 2 Chorus and orchestra       William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony orchestra       Jaromir Weinberger Prelude and Fugue on "Dixie" orchestra Chamber Music Roy Harris Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight Mezzo-soprano, piano trio

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