Brooklyn Bones

Requiem for the Revolutionary War Prison Ship Martyrs

for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra

Tenor Solo, SATB chorus and orchestra

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Commissioned in 2008 by the Fort Greene Park Conservancy for the 100th anniversary and rededication of the landmark Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Brooklyn’s Fort Green Park, and using an original text by Patricia Hampl, Alvin Singleton’ s Brooklyn Bones is a eulogy for the 11,000 men and boys who died in horrific conditions on British prison ships harbored in New York City’s East River during the Revolutionary War.

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Title:

Brooklyn Bones

Requiem for the Revolutionary War Prison Ship Martyrs

for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra

text by Patricia Hampl

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2008

Duration:

18 ′

World Premiere:

November 15, 2008 · Brooklyn, NY (USA)
Brooklyn Technical Highschool Auditorium
Cameron Smith, tenor · Conductor: Mark Shapiro · Monmouth Civic Orchestra · ActorCor and Monmouth Civic Chorus

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Commissioned work :

Commissioned by the Fort Greene Park Conservancy to Celebrate the Centennial and Re-dedication of the Fort Greene Park Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Brooklyn, NY