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Lincoln’s 200th Birthday

 

Lincoln's 200th Birthday Exhibit displayed at MPAL.

Lincoln's 200th Birthday Exhibit displayed at MPAL.

Close-up of score title page. It reads, "Carlisle Floyd. The Martyr: Indicative of the Passion of the people on the 15th Day of April, 1865. Poem by Herman Melville. For chorus of mixed voices, 2 trumpets, piano and percussion".

Lincoln's 200th Birthday Exhibit displayed at MPAL.

Close-up of score title page. It reads, "Jaromir Weinberger. The Lincoln Symphony. First Movement: The Hand on the Plough. Second movement: Scherzo Héroïque. Third movement: O Captain! My Captain! Recitativo and Marcia Funebre. Finale: Deep River".

Close-up of book title page. It includes a portrait photograph of former President Lincoln and reads, "Abraham Lincoln: The Song in his Heart. Kenneth A. Bernard. Boston University. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE. WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970".

Close-up of libretto title page. It reads, "Abe Lincoln: A Musical Play in Two Acts. Unison or Three Part (S.A.B.). based on the boyhood and youth of Abraham Lincoln. Book by Milnor Dorey. Traditional American Melodies".

Lincoln's 200th Birthday Exhibit displayed at MPAL.

Score title page. It reads "The Conscript Mother's Song".