Sampson, Joanna
This opera is based on an historical event, a bloody coal miners' strike at the Columbine Mine in Serene, Colorado in 1927. The event which is the focus of the opera is the confrontation which occurred on 21 Nov. 1927 between the miners and the State Police, when the unarmed miners were fired on with machine guns.
From the description of Columbine : an opera in three acts/ words by Joanna S. Sampson; music by Mary Davis 1973. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 475204596
From the description of Columbine : an opera in three acts/ words by Joanna S. Sampson; music by Mary Davis 1973. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427283935
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associatedWith | Baldwin, Ivy, 1866-1953. | person |
associatedWith | Boulder Civic Opera (Boulder, Colo.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Boulder Civic Opera (Boulder, Colo.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Chesebro, Laura E., 1908-1989, | person |
associatedWith | Ciarlo, Dorothy D., | person |
associatedWith | Crain, Jim, 1946- | person |
associatedWith | Davis, Mary, | person |
associatedWith | Davis, Mary, | person |
associatedWith | Dyni, Anne, | person |
associatedWith | East, Barbara, 1950-, | person |
associatedWith | Fowler, Mabel, | person |
associatedWith | Hedgecock, Glenn, | person |
associatedWith | International Workers of the World. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Larson, Douglas, | person |
associatedWith | Shanahan, Byron, 1918-, | person |
associatedWith | Shanahan, Tim, | person |
associatedWith | Simmons, Beth, | person |
associatedWith | Teegarden, Dock, | person |
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Eldorado Springs (Colo.) | |||
Boulder (Colo.) | |||
Colorado--Boulder County | |||
Boulder (Colo.) | |||
Columbine Mine (Serene, Colo.) | |||
Eldorado Canyon (Colo.) | |||
Boulder (Colo.) |
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Coal mines and mining |
Labor disputes |
Labor unions |
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Strikes and lockouts |
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