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August 4, 1964
Creator
Title
August 4, 1964 / Steven Stucky.
Publication
[Dallas, Tex.] : DSO Live, [2012]
Physical Description
1 audio disc (73 minutes) ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Cantata/oratorio based on a momentous day in the life of American president Lyndon Baines Johnson, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and the discovery of the bodies of 3 murdered civil rights workers in Mississippi.
Libretto by Gene Scheer.
Program notes by Laurie Shulman, biographical notes on the composer and performers, and libretto in English ([23] pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Sung in English.
Variant and related titles
August four, nineteen sixty-four
August fourth, nineteen sixty-four
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 06, 2015
Performers
Indira Mahajan (Mrs. Chaney) ; Kristine Jepson (Mrs. Goodman) ; Vale Rideout (Robert McNamara) ; Rod Gilfry (Lyndon Baines Johnson) ; Dallas Symphony Chorus ; Dallas Symphony Orchestra ; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.
Contents
The saddest moment
Historians
Oval office I
I wish to be a part of that fight
The secret heart of America
Oval office II
Elegy
Letter from Mississippi
Oval office III
August fourth
Had we known
What is precious is never to forget.
Issue number
DSOL-4 DSO Live
Subjects
Genre/Form
Music.
Also listed under
Dallas Symphony Chorus, performer.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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