Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Lincoln, the Great Commoner (1923)

for unison choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1923
    • Duration: 3 mn
    • Publisher: Merion Music
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Edwin Markham (1852-1940), Lincoln, the Man of the People

Detailed formation
  • unspecified choir [à l'unisson, divisé]
  • piccolo [ad lib.] , 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, bell [grave] , piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 16 October 1967
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York, Carnegie Hall


    Performers:

    Raymond Buckingham : basse, American Symphony Orchestra,  Gregg Smith Singers, Ithaca College Concert Choir, Choir School of St. Thomas Church, direction : Leopold Stokowski.

Observations

autre titre : A Man - Lincoln, the Great Commoner