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Swords and Plowshares
by Ned Rorem
Orchestration
3332-4331-timp+4-hp-pf-str-soloists(SATB)
Duration
45 minutes
Year Composed
1990
Notes
Movements
- Part 1
- Asleep in the Valley (Arthur Rimbaud)
- I had a dream (Lord Byron)
- O what is the sound... (W.H. Auden)
- An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (W.B. Yeats)
- The Silent Slain (Archibald MacLeish)
- The Dark Hills (E.A. Robinson)
- Success if Counted Sweetest (Emily Dickinson)
- Part 2
- Death of a Wisconsin Officer (Walt Whitman)
- Making Peace (Denise Levertov)
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W.B. Yeats)
- To make a prairie it takes... (Emily Dickinson)
- So We'll Go No More A-Roving (Lord Byron)
- I Dreamed In A Dream (Walt Whitman)
- Behold How Good And How Pleasant (Psalm 133)
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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 in Bb |
Clarinet 2 | Clarinet in Bb |
Clarinet 3 | Clarinet |
Bassoon 1 | Bassoon |
Bassoon 2 | Bassoon |
Horn 1 | Horn in F |
Horn 2 | Horn in F |
Horn 3 | Horn in F |
Horn 4 | Horn in F |
Trumpet 1 | Trumpet in C |
Trumpet 2 | Trumpet in C |
Trumpet 3 | Trumpet in C |
Trombone 1 | Trombone |
Trombone 2 | Trombone |
Trombone 3 | Trombone |
Tuba | Tuba |
Harp | Harp |
Piano | Piano and Celesta |
Timpani | Timpani |
Percussion 1 | Tenor Drum, Large Tam Tam, Large Gong, Metal Plate, Chimes, Tom Tom, Suspended Cymbal, Slapstick, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Bass Drum, Triangle, Cymbals, Xylophone, Snare Drum, Anvil, Woodblock, and Castanets |
Percussion 2 | |
Percussion 3 | |
Percussion 4 | |
Violin 1 | Violin Section |
Violin 2 | Violin Section |
Viola | Viola Section |
Cello | Cello Section |
Double Bass | Bass Section |
Solo: Soprano | Soprano (Voice) |
Solo: Alto | Alto (Voice) |
Solo: Tenor | Tenor (Voice) |
Solo: Bass | Bass (Voice) |
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