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Robert Xavier Rodríguez : We, the People: The Story of the American Constitution


Publisher G Schirmer Inc
Category
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Sub-Category Large Orchestra
Year Composed
1987
Duration 15 Minutes
Solo Voice(s)
Narrator
Chorus Chorus [opt]
Orchestration
2(pic)222/4.2.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf/str
alt.: pf
Languages English
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Programme Note

A detailed account of the historical events leading up to the writing of the Constitution with the sounds and flavors of colonial Philadelphia in evidence throughout. Mary Duren’s text uses stirring quotes from Benjamin Franklin.

(The original title of We, the People was Jargon.)

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