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Mount Rushmore

choir and orchestra
Product number: BHI 9778
Edition: Choral score
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Composer’s note:
"Mount Rushmore (2010) for chorus and orchestra is inspired by the monumental sculpture, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, of four American presidents: George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). The American sculptor Gutzon Borglum supervised the carving of these figureheads into the granite mountainside of Mount Rushmore, from 1927 until his death in 1942. Created during the Great Depression (1927-1941) against seemingly impossible odds with a small crew of men, Mount Rushmore came to symbolise an attitude of hope against adversity. Borglum described the monument as “American, drawn from American sources, memorialising American achievement”. Drawing from American musical sources and texts, my composition echoes the resonance and dissonance of Mount Rushmore as a complex icon of American history. Like Mount Rushmore, my libretto is carved out of the words of each President.”
- Michael Daugherty -

Content

I. George Washington
II. Thomas Jefferson
III. Theodore Roosevelt
IV. Abraham Lincoln

More Information

Title:
Mount Rushmore
Language:
English
Edition:
Choral score
Level of difficulty:
difficult
Publisher/Label:
Boosey & Hawkes
Duration:
32 ′
World Premiere:
February 4, 2010 · Costa Mesa, CA (USA)
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Conductor: Carl St. Clair · Pacific Symphony · Pacific Chorale · Choir director: John Alexander

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, Music Director and Conductor; with assistance from VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, Artistic Director

Technical Details

Product number:
BHI 9778
ISMN13:
979-0-051-09778-4
ISBN13:
978-1-4950-7686-2
UPC:
888680649371
Weight:
0,28 kg
Pages:
84
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching

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  • Mount Rushmore
    Conductor: Carl St. Clair
    Orchestra: Pacific Symphony
    February 4, 2010 | Costa Mesa, CA (United States of America) , Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall — World Premiere
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