Choral Symphony on American Poems
This 25-minute work was composed for the Oshkosh, Wisconsin High School Choir and Band during Jarrett's tenure there as composer-in-residence. It was premiered in Detroit in 1965 at the MENC conference with James Croft conducting, and has received a number of performances since then, including the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Mich. and the Kennedy Center. The poems are patriotic in nature, and the music has an American flavor. The work exists in both orchestra and band versions. Originally published by Carl Fischer, Inc., the Choral Symphony is now the property of JMJ Music Publishers. The complete piano-vocal score can be seen by clicking on the buttons below.
(Orchestra: 2-2-3-2, 4-4-3-1, timp., 3 perc., harp, celeste and strings)
(Orchestra: 2-2-3-2, 4-4-3-1, timp., 3 perc., harp, celeste and strings)
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Please Read:
Fourth Movement: In Praise of Johnny Appleseed. Poem by Vachel Lindsay.
Third Movement: Out of May's Shows Selected. Poem by Walt Whitman.
Second Movement: The Statue of Old Andrew Jackson. Poem by Vachel Lindsay.
First Movement: Concord Hymn. Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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