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Boyer, Peter
1970-0000
(b Providence, RI, 10 Feb 1970). American
Dreaming a World <2006>
narrator chorus, children's chorus
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4th mvt is optional; it uses only narrator, the orchestral percussion, and 6 or more additional percussionists playing African instruments. These additional percussionists begin offstage and proceed to designated places within the hall.
Source of text: 1. Traditional Native American (Tewa Pueblo); 2. assembled by Peter Boyer (quotes rom M.L.King, Maya Angelou, César Chávez, J.F.Kennedy, Gandhi); 3. Langston Hughes; 4. Hartley Alexander, The Great Drum (translation of Native American myth poem); 5. Walt Whitman, from The Mystic Trumpeter. Language: English
Source of text: 1. Traditional Native American (Tewa Pueblo); 2. assembled by Peter Boyer (quotes rom M.L.King, Maya Angelou, César Chávez, J.F.Kennedy, Gandhi); 3. Langston Hughes; 4. Hartley Alexander, The Great Drum (translation of Native American myth poem); 5. Walt Whitman, from The Mystic Trumpeter. Language: English
I. Prelude, Invocation and Dance
II. Voices of Unity
III. I Dream a World
IV The Great Drum [optional movement]
V. Finale
II. Voices of Unity
III. I Dream a World
IV The Great Drum [optional movement]
V. Finale
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Contents—I. Prelude, Invocation and Dance; II. Voices of Unity; III. I Dream a World; IV The Great Drum [optional movement]; V. Finale
Contents—I. Prelude, Invocation and Dance; II. Voices of Unity; III. I Dream a World; IV The Great Drum [optional movement]; V. Finale