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American Poetry and Writings
The works in this collection are based on American poetry, literature, letters, speeches, and diary entries, and include an enormous range of authors - from popular writers like Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson to personal letters and poetry by complete unknowns. Many of these works are for vocalists, using the text directly as lyrics or libretto. Other works are instrumental, or without words, and use the texts as inspiration or for programmatic effect.
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Hart Crane - e.e. cummings - Emily Dickinson - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Langston Hughes - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Carl Sandburg - Walt Whitman - William Carlos Williams
Other authors and instruments can be specified using the filters below.
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Francine Trester
Walkers with the Dawn
SATB and treble choirs, baritone solo, narrator, and orchestra 2222 - 2200 - timp, cel., pno - chorus, narrator, bar solo - strings
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Frederick C. Tillis
FIVE SPIRITUALS for chorus and brass ensemble
SATB Chorus and Brass Choir SATB Chorus, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, baritone, and tuba
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Frederick C. Tillis
FOR THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF SEPTEMBER 11
Big Band and Narrator 5 sx, 4 tpt, hn, 3 tbn, tb, timp, vib, narr, gtr, pf, db, dms
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Frederick C. Tillis
SPIRITUAL CYCLE
Soprano and Orchestra 2222 - 4331 - timp, 2 perc - soprano solo - strings
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Frederick C. Tillis
SYMPHONY OF SONGS
Mixed Chorus and Orchestra 3(=picc)2(2+EH)22 - 2331 - timp, 2 perc, hp - SATB choir - strings
$95.00 - $155.50 -
Frederick C. Tillis
IN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH
Mixed Chorus, Jazz Trio, and Orchestra 2222 - 4331 - timp, perc - jazz trio - SATB - strings
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Frederick C. Tillis
THREE SONGS from Shadows and Distance Nowhere
Medium Voice and Piano
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Frederick C. Tillis
SPIRITUAL FANTASY NO. 9: "SYMPATHY"
Soprano with Mixed Chorus and Brass Quintet
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Frederick C. Tillis
FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD
Narr, orch: pic-2-2-2-1; 4-3-3-1; timp, perc; str
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