Research Catalog

Title

Americana : choral masterworks of American composers.

Author

Roberts Wesleyan College. Chorale, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Publication

Rochester, NY : Roberts Wesleyan College, [1985?]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
• Shewan, Robert
• Harbach, Barbara
• Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981.
• Harris, Roy, 1898-1979.
• Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968.

Description

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Alternative Title

Choral masterworks of American composers

Subject

• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Musical settings
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 8 parts), Unaccompanied
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with organ
• Psalms (Music)
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
• Cantatas, Sacred

Note

• Eds. recorded: New York : Carl Fischer (1st-4th works) ; Melville, NY : Belwin Mills (5th work) ; New York : G. Schirmer (6th-7th works) ; Boston : Boston Music Co. (8th work).
• Notes on the composers and their music by John Proffitt on container; a selected discography by John M. Proffitt and texts of the works on container insert.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the First Lutheran Church, Lyons, New York.

Contents

A prayer of the middle ages (3:58) ; Psalm 8 : How excellent thy name (5:05) ; Psalm 121 : I will lift up mine eyes (5:47) ; Psalm 150 : Praise ye the Lord (4:05) / Howard Hanson -- Three songs of democracy on poems of Walt Whitman. To thee, old cause (2:59) ; Year that trembled (1:58) ; Freedom, toleration (3:10) / Roy Harris -- Symphony for voices : on poems of Walt Whitman (15:00) ; When Johnny comes marching home (2:00) / Roy Harris -- A liturgy of hope / Leo Sowerby (11:50).

OCLC

• ocm15480738
• 15480738
• SCSB-5685371

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries