An American oratorio : for mixed chorus, tenor solo, and orchestra : twelve movements based on texts by eight 19th century American authors

An American oratorio : for mixed chorus, tenor solo, and orchestra : twelve movements based on texts by eight 19th century American authors / Ned Rorem ; vocal score.

Author/creator	Rorem, Ned, 1923-
Format	Musical Score and Print
Publication Info	New York : Boosey & Hawkes, ©1984.
Description	1 vocal score (vii, 95 pages) ; 27 cm
Subject(s)	Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra--Vocal scores with piano. Oratorios--Vocal scores with piano.

Uniform title	American oratorio. Vocal score
Contents	The new Colossus / Emma Lazarus -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Snowflakes / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Something lost / Mark Twain -- Raven days / Sidney Lanier -- Misgivings / Herman Melville -- I saw a man pursuing ; There was a crimson clash ; War is kind / Stephen Crane -- A New York soldier ; Here the frailest leaves / Walt Whitman -- To Ned / Herman Melville.
General note	Acc. arr. for piano.
General note	Duration: ca. 40:00.
General note	Words also printed as text p. [iv]-p. [vii].
General note	Includes preface by the composer.
LCCN	85751456
Publisher number	LCB205 Boosey & Hawkes

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Music Stacks	M1533.R815 A4 1984	✔ Available	Place Hold