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Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song

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Wannamaker, John Samuel (1972). "The Musical Settings of the Poetry of Walt Whitman: A Study of Theme, Structure, and Prosody", Ph.D. diss. University of Minnesota. Cited in Swayne (2011), p.137.
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but more than just a prayer for the dead–it points a lesson. The 2nd movement is in complete contrast and is in the nature of a very militant '
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fervor. By careful editing of phrases and lines, Schuman achieves a text that expresses only a desire for freedom for all mankind."
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Though as of January 2011 there was no commercially available recording, the piece is now available on two recordings.
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Musical Composition Awards 1943-1999: From Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber to Gian-Carlo Menotti and Melinda Wagner
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section), and Swayne (2011) describes it as the last of Schuman's pieces as, "a self-styled occasional
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privately criticized the selection of poetry on aesthetic grounds, Wannamaker (1972) praises a
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called it, "superficially warlike". Berger also called the piece, "a real low", while
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said it was, "well-intentioned enough but not convincingly realized" Meanwhile,
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Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life
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Sounds of War: Music in the United States During World War II
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William Schuman - A Free Song, Secular Cantata No. 2 (1942)
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Either about 22 minutes or less than 14 in length, the
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A Conductor's Guide to Choral-orchestral Works, Part 1
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Sounds Heard: William Schuman—A Free Song, Finally!
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Index

A Free Song
cantata
chorus
orchestra
William Schuman
Walt Whitman
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky
dissonant
harmony
counterpoint
form
Beethoven's Fifth
Leaves of Grass
Drum-Taps
progressive
World War II
movement
requiem
pep talk
Arthur Berger
jingoism
patriotic
Virgil Thomson
Elliott Carter
Walter Piston
On Freedom's Ground
Prayer in Time of War
Steel Town

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