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Terra nostra
- Title
- Terra nostra / Stacy Garrop.
- Author
- Garrop, Stacy, 1969-
- Publication
- [Malvern, Pennsylvania] : Theodore Presser Company, [2020]
- ©2015
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- Additional Authors
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
- Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
- Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
- Magee, John, 1922-1941
- Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
- Iverem, Esther, 1960-
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
- Berry, Wendell, 1934-
- San Francisco Choral Society, commissioning body.
- Description
- 1 vocal score (147 pages); 31 cm
- Uniform Title
- Terra nostra. Vocal score
- Alternative Title
- Terra nostra.
- Terra nostra : an oratorio
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Oratorios.
- Vocal scores.
- Note
- Secular oratorio for 4 vocal soloists (SMezTBar), mixed chorus (SATB), children's chorus, and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano
- Libretto from the King James Bible and creation myths from India, North American and Egypt, and poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Walt Whitman, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Charles Mackay, William Ernest Henley, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Gerard Manley Hopkins, Lord Byron, Esther Iverem, William Wordsworth and Wendell Berry.
- Commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society in collaboration with the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir.
- Duration: approximately 71 min.
- Language (note)
- English words; also printed as text preceding score.
- Contents
- Part I. Creation of the world. In the beginning (creation myths) ; God's world (Millay) ; On thine own child (Shelley) ; Smile, o voluptuous cool-breathed earth! (Whitman) ; A blade of grass (Whitman) -- Part 2. The rise of humanity. Locksley Hall (Tennyson) ; Railways 1846 (Mackay) ; A song of speed (Henley) ; High flight (Magee) ; Binsey poplars (Hopkins) ; A dirge (Shelley) -- Part III. Searching for balance. Darkness (Byron) ; Earth screaming (Iverem) ; The world is too much with us (Wordsworth) ; The want of peace (Berry) ; A child said, what is the grass? (Whitman) ; There was a childwent forth every day (Whitman) ; A blade of grass/I bequeath myself (Whitman).
- Call Number
- JNG 21-6
- LCCN
- 680160634903
- OCLC
- 1138030474
- Author
- Garrop, Stacy, 1969- composer.
- Title
- Terra nostra / Stacy Garrop.
- Publisher
- [Malvern, Pennsylvania] : Theodore Presser Company, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- Piano-vocal score.
- Playing Time
- 011100
- Type of Content
- notated music
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Physical Medium
- vocal score rdafnm
- Language
- English words; also printed as text preceding score.Staff notation
- Added Author
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950, librettist.Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, librettist.Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, librettist.Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892, librettist.Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889, librettist.Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903, librettist.Magee, John, 1922-1941, librettist.Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889, librettist.Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, librettist.Iverem, Esther, 1960- librettist.Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, librettist.Berry, Wendell, 1934- librettist.San Francisco Choral Society, commissioning body.
- Cover Title
- Terra nostra : an oratorio
- Other Standard Identifier
- 680160634903
- Publisher No.
- 411-41147 Theodore Presser Company
- Research Call Number
- JNG 21-6