Roger Sessions
1896 - 1985
United States of America, NY
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
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)
♫ Part One
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♫ Part Two
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♫ Part Three
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W. Whitman
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