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A Great Hope Fell: Songs from Civil War
Jake Heggie
Composer:
Jake Heggie
Commissioner:
Eos Orchestra
Premiere Date:
02/21/2002
Premiere Venue:
Ethical Cultural Society Texts by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Maya Angelou, Patrick S. Gillmore, Annie Davis, Stephen Foster, Emily Dickinson, and J.W. Howe
Genre:
Chamber
Instrumentation:
Baritone Soloist and Chamber Orchestra: Fl., Ob., 2 Cl./B.Cl., Bsn, 2 Hns, Tpt, Tbn., Hrp, 2 Perc., Vln I & II, Vla, Vlc., Cb.
Publisher:
Bent Pen Music, Inc. 
Commissioned with support from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Part of the Cary Commissioning Legacy at Meet The Composer