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- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love est un Requiem composé en 1946 par Paul Hindemith, basé sur le (en) de Walt Whitman. Le chef d'orchestre Robert Shaw et la (en) commandent l’œuvre après la mort en 1945 du Président Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ce Requiem est créé le 20 avril 1946 sous la direction de Robert Shaw. David Neumeyer voit ce Requiem « la seule œuvre profondément américaine. » (en) dit de l’œuvre : « doute que nous n'aurions jamais pleuré la mort prématurée d'Abraham Lincoln avec plus d'éloquence que les mots de Walt Whitman mis en musique par Hindemith ; c'est une œuvre de génie et la présence du génie qui préside sa performance nous a apporté une splendeur et une gloire profonde et émouvante ». La partition est écrite pour solistes mezzo-soprano et baryton, chœur et orchestre complet. Après une introduction orchestrale, le texte du poème est divisé en onze mouvements : 1.
* When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (baryton et chœur) 2.
* Arioso. In the swamp (mezzo-soprano) 3.
* March. Over the breast of spring 4.
* O western orb (baryton et chœur) 5.
* Arioso. Sing on, there in the swamp 6.
* Song. O how shall I warble 7.
* Introduction and Fugue. Lo! body and soul 8.
* Sing on! you gray-brown bird 9.
* Death Carol. Come, lovely and soothing Death (chœur) 10.
* To the tally of my soul 11.
* Finale. Passing the visions (mezzo-soprano, baryton et chœur) (fr)
- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love (An American Requiem) is a 1946 oratorio by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. It is the first musical work to include the entirety of Whitman's 1865 poem. Conductor Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chorale commissioned the work after the 1945 death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It received its world premiere on May 14, 1946, at New York City Center, with the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Shaw and soloists Mona Paulee, contralto, and George Burnson, baritone. Paulee performed the work again with bass-baritone Chester Watson and the CBS Symphony Orchestra for the work's first recorded broadcast on CBS Radio on June 30, 1946. David Neumeyer and others regard the Lilacs Requiem as Hindemith's "only profoundly American work." Paul Hume said, "I doubt if we shall ever mourn Abraham Lincoln's untimely death more eloquently than in the words of Walt Whitman set to the music of Paul Hindemith; it is a work of genius and the presence of the genius presiding over its performance brought us splendor and profound and moving glory." The work is scored for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and full orchestra. After an unnumbered orchestral introduction, the text of the poem is divided into 11 movements: 1.
* When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (baritone and chorus) 2.
* Arioso. In the swamp (mezzo-soprano) 3.
* March. Over the breast of spring 4.
* O western orb (baritone and chorus) 5.
* Arioso. Sing on, there in the swamp 6.
* Song. O how shall I warble 7.
* Introduction and Fugue. Lo! body and soul 8.
* Sing on! you gray-brown bird 9.
* Death Carol. Come, lovely and soothing Death (chorus) 10.
* To the tally of my soul 11.
* Finale. Passing the visions (mezzo-soprano, baritone, and chorus) The work is scored for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, mixed choir, and an orchestra of 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (one doubling cor anglais), clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), 3 horns, 2 trumpets, off-stage bugle, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, glockenspiel, chimes, tam-tam, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, field drum, organ, and strings (First & second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses). (en)
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- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love est un Requiem composé en 1946 par Paul Hindemith, basé sur le (en) de Walt Whitman. Le chef d'orchestre Robert Shaw et la (en) commandent l’œuvre après la mort en 1945 du Président Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ce Requiem est créé le 20 avril 1946 sous la direction de Robert Shaw. La partition est écrite pour solistes mezzo-soprano et baryton, chœur et orchestre complet. Après une introduction orchestrale, le texte du poème est divisé en onze mouvements : (fr)
- When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love (An American Requiem) is a 1946 oratorio by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. It is the first musical work to include the entirety of Whitman's 1865 poem. Conductor Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chorale commissioned the work after the 1945 death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It received its world premiere on May 14, 1946, at New York City Center, with the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Shaw and soloists Mona Paulee, contralto, and George Burnson, baritone. Paulee performed the work again with bass-baritone Chester Watson and the CBS Symphony Orchestra for the work's first recorded broadcast on CBS Radio on June 30, 1946. (en)
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