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Tippett, Michael
1905-1998
(b London, 2 Jan 1905; d London, 8 Jan 1998). English
A Child of Our Time <1939–1941>
chorus solos SATB
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Source of text: Tippett; also Negro spirituals. Language: English
PART I [24']
1. The World Turns on its Dark Side
2. Man Has Measured the Heavens
3. Is Evil Then Good?
4. Now in Each Nation
5. When Shall the Usurer's City Cease?
6. I Have No Money for My Bread
7. How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days
8. Steal Away
PART II [26']
9. A Star Rises in Mid-Winter
10. And a Time Came
11. Away With Them!
12. Where They Could, They Fled
13. We Cannot Have Them in Our Empire
14. And the Boy's Mother Wrote a Letter
15. O My Son!
16. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord
17. The Boy Becomes Desperate in His Agony
18. They Took a Terrible Vengeance
19. Burn Down Their Houses!
20. Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done
21. Go Down, Moses
22. My Dreams Are All Shattered
23. What Have I Done to You, My Son?
24. The Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood
25. O, By and By
PART III [25']
26. The Cold Deepens
27. The Soul of a Man
28. The Words of Wisdom Are These
29. I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
30. Deep River
1. The World Turns on its Dark Side
2. Man Has Measured the Heavens
3. Is Evil Then Good?
4. Now in Each Nation
5. When Shall the Usurer's City Cease?
6. I Have No Money for My Bread
7. How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days
8. Steal Away
PART II [26']
9. A Star Rises in Mid-Winter
10. And a Time Came
11. Away With Them!
12. Where They Could, They Fled
13. We Cannot Have Them in Our Empire
14. And the Boy's Mother Wrote a Letter
15. O My Son!
16. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord
17. The Boy Becomes Desperate in His Agony
18. They Took a Terrible Vengeance
19. Burn Down Their Houses!
20. Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done
21. Go Down, Moses
22. My Dreams Are All Shattered
23. What Have I Done to You, My Son?
24. The Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood
25. O, By and By
PART III [25']
26. The Cold Deepens
27. The Soul of a Man
28. The Words of Wisdom Are These
29. I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
30. Deep River
Additional info
Oratorio in 3 parts.
Oratorio in 3 parts.