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An American Oratorio

by Ned Rorem


Orchestration
3332-4331-timp+1-hp-pf-str
Duration
44 minutes
Year Composed
1984

Notes

Movements

  1. The New Colossus (Emma Lazarus)
  2. To Helen (Edgar Allan Poe)
  3. Snowflakes (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  4. Something Lost (Mark Twain)
  5. Raven Days (Sidney Lanier)
  6. Misgivings (Herman Melville)
  7. I Saw a Man Pursuing (Stephen Crane)
  8. There Was a Crimson Clash (Stephen Crane)
  9. War Is Kind (Stephen Crane)
  10. A New York Soldier (Walt Whitman)
  11. Here the Frailest Leaves (Walt Whitman)
  12. To Ned (Herman Melville)

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Movements & Players Table


Part Name
Instruments
Piccolo
Piccolo
Flute 1
C Flute
Flute 2
C Flute
Oboe 1
Oboe
Oboe 2
Oboe
English Horn
English Horn
Clarinet 1
Clarinet
Clarinet 2
Clarinet
Clarinet 3
Clarinet
Bassoon 1
Bassoon
Bassoon 2
Bassoon
Horn 1
Horn
Horn 2
Horn
Horn 3
Horn
Horn 4
Horn
Trumpet 1
Trumpet
Trumpet 2
Trumpet
Trumpet 3
Trumpet
Trombone 1
Trombone
Trombone 2
Trombone
Trombone 3
Trombone
Tuba
Tuba
Harp
Harp
Piano
Piano and Celesta
Timpani
Timpani
Percussion
Tenor Drum, Glockenspiel, Bass Drum, Triangle, Xylophone, Snare Drum, Anvil, and Gong
Violin 1
Violin Section
Violin 2
Violin Section
Viola
Viola Section
Cello
Cello Section
Double Bass
Bass Section


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