Aaron Copland - A Lincoln Portrait album flac

Lincoln Portrait (also known as A Lincoln Portrait) is a classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland. The work involves a full orchestra, with particular emphasis on the brass section at climactic moments. The work is narrated with the reading of excerpts of Abraham Lincoln's great documents, including the Gettysburg Address. An orchestra usually invites a prominent person to be the narrator.

Lincoln Portrait Lyrics: Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. About Lincoln Portrait. This piece written for orchestra and a speaking narrator takes excerpts of various writings and speeches by Abraham Lincoln for its text. It was premiered in Cincinnati in May 1942 with William Adams as narrator and Andre Kostelanetz conducting. He put teeth into the proposal by offering to commission such a piece and to play it extensively

Get the Tempo of the tracks from Lincoln Portrait & Other Works (2004) by Aaron Copland. This album has an average beat per minute of 102 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 54/153 BPM). Tracklist Lincoln Portrait & Other Works. 1. John Henry: A Railroad Ballad for Orchestra.

A1. Lincoln Portrait. B1. An Outdoor Overture. A Lincoln Portrait ‎(Cass, RE, Dol).

Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Old American Songs. Lincoln Portrait, for speaker & orchestra.

From the Album Copland: Appalachan Spring, Lincoln Portrait, Billy the Kid. March 15, 1988.

This performance of Copland’s "Lincoln Portrait" is movingly narrated by Katharine Hepburn. Label: Telarc Records.