Three songs of early America : [transcribed] for small orchestra / by Richard Bales. [194-?]
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Billings, William, 1746-1800
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William Billings was a ship captain. From the guide to the Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791, 1789-1791, (American Philosophical Society) Originally composed for chorus. "I am the rose of Sharon" and "Lamentation over Boston" are from Billings' "The Singing-Master's Assistant," published by Edes & Gill, Boston, 1778. "The Lord is risen" is from Billings' "The Suffolk Harmony," published Boston, 1786. Arranged 1976. First performance Free Library of Philadelphia, 17 ...
Bales, Richard, 1915-1998
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Text is from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1865. Originally composed for piano for a ballet, 1946. This orchestral version (4 extracts) 1947. First performance Washington, D.C., 29 May 1949, National Gallery Orchestra, the composer conducting, Noel Smith speaker. Dedicated to the memory of the composer's father.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Episodes from a Lincoln ballet / Richard Bales. [194-?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id:...
Law, Andrew, 1749-1821
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The grandson of a colonial governor of Connecticut, Andrew Law was born in Milford, Connecticut, and studied divinity at Rhode Island College (Brown University) and Yale before obtaining a license to preach in 1776. Although ordained in 1787 for both Congregational and Presbyterian congregations, he had already embarked on a musical career that would make him one of America's most prolific, most widely traveled composers of the day. As early as 1770, Law offered instruct...
