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Roger Sessions
1896 - 1985
United States of America, NY
| R.H. Sessions |
Roger Huntington [Roger] Sessions (28/12/1896 - 16/03/1985), an American composer of symphonic and instrumental music who played a leading part in educating his contemporaries to an appreciation of modern music; born in Brooklyn, NY, died in Princeton, NJ, USA.
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
♫ Part One
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♫ Part Two
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♫ Part Three
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| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1971 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Walt Whitman |
| Duration: | ca. 42' |
| Label(s): | New World Recordings NW 296-2 |
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1971), a cantata for soli, choir and orchestra. The text is written by the American poet Wald Whitman (1819 - 1892). It contains:
01. Part One (5:37)
02. Part Two (16:05)
03. Part Three (20:26)
01. Part One (5:37)
02. Part Two (16:05)
03. Part Three (20:26)
♫ Part One
© New World Records NW 296-2
♫ Part Two
© New World Records NW 296-2
♫ Part Three
© New World Records NW 296-2
| W. Whitman (text) |