Civil War & Emancipation Proclamation
The significance of the Civil War to America cannot be measured, ending slavery at the cost of being the deadliest war in American history. To mark the upcoming sesquicentennial anniversaries of the Civil War (2011) and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (2013), below is a list of works inspired by these events and an era defined by them.
Orchestral Lan Adomián
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Baritone, orchestra
Ernst BaconFord's Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865
orchestra John Alden Carpenter
War Lullaby
orchestra
Richard DanielpourThree Prayers
Soprano, orchestra
Anthony DavisAmistad Symphony
orchestra Herbert Elwell
Lincoln Requiem
Baritone, chorus, orchestra
Morton GouldAmber Waves — on "America the Beautiful"
orchestra
American Ballads, Settings of American Tunes for Orchestra
orchestra
Jubilo — on "Year of the Jubilo"
orchestra
Lincoln Legend
orchestra
Memorials — on "Taps"
orchestra
A Song of Freedom
orchestra
Roy HarrisConcert Overture — March in Time of war
orchestra
Freedom's Land
Chorus and orchestra
Symphony No. 6 "Gettysburg"
orchestra
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Overture
orchestra
Kirke MechamSongs of the Slave
Bass Baritone, Soprano; chorus and orchestra Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Freedom-Freedom
Chorus and orchestra
Sergei ProkofievOde to the End of the War
orchestra Ray Ringwald, arr. Schoenfield
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Chorus and orchestra John Sacco
Liberty Under God
Chorus and orchestra
William SchumanA Free Song, Secular Cantata No. 2
Chorus and orchestra William Grant Still
Afro-American Symphony
orchestra Jaromir Weinberger
Prelude and Fugue on "Dixie"
orchestra
Chamber Music
Roy HarrisAbraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
Mezzo-soprano, piano trio
