Donald Erb :: New England's Prospect


 

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Erb, Donald
1927-2008
(b Youngstown, OH, 17 Jan 1927; d Cleveland Heights, OH, 12 Aug 2008). American
New England's Prospect <1974>
narrator triple chorus, opt children's chorus
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Includes 16 Marine Band harmonicas [4 each in C, Db, D, Eb], played by chorus members. Alto saxophone (mvt VI) must improvise and use multiphonics.
Source of text: 1. Nathaniel Ames; 2. Anne Bradstreet; 3. William Lloyd Garrison; 4. Elbridge J. Cutler; 5. Thomas McGrath; 6. Julian Bond; 7. Thomas Jefferson; 8. William Carlos Williams. Language: English
I. A Prophecy for North America
II. Mediations Divine & Morall
III. Liberty for All
IV. The Volunteer
V. Ode for the American Dead in Asia
VI. I Too Hear America Singing
VII. Thomas Jefferson's Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Smith
VIII. Illegitimate Things
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Contents—I. A Prophecy for North America; II. Mediations Divine & Morall; III. Liberty for All; IV. The Volunteer; V. Ode for the American Dead in Asia; VI. I Too Hear America Singing; VII. Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith; VIII. Illegitimate Things