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Table of Contents:

• Lyric / [text by] William Wilfred Campbell
• By blue Ontario's shore (a vision of democracy) / [text by] Walt Whitman
• Erie waters (the calm and the storm) / [text by] Emily Pauline Johnson
• Lake Huron (islands) / [text by] Gwyneth Walker
• Songs from the shore (Lake Michigan) / [text by] Carl Sandburg
• Lake Superior / [text by] Samuel Griswold Goodrich
• As birds in flight / [text by] William Wilfred Campbell.

Author/Creator:

Walker, Gwyneth, 1947- , composer

Contributors:

Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918 , author

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 , author

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913 , author

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 , author

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words, also printed separately as text.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

The Great Lakes: SATB soli and chorus (divisi) and piano or orchestra [by Walker, G.]

Included Works:

Great Lakes [by Walker, G.] (Vocal score)

Subjects:

Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918 — Musical settings

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 — Musical settings

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913 — Musical settings

Walker, Gwyneth, 1947- — Musical settings

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 — Musical settings

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 — Musical settings

Cantatas, Secular — Vocal scores with piano

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra — Vocal scores with piano

Great Lakes (North America) — Songs and music

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano

Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913

Walker, Gwyneth, 1947-

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Great Lakes

Genres:

Cantatas

Musical settings

Vocal scores

Songs

Songs and music

Cantatas, Secular

Vocal scores with piano

Performance Medium:

5 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; solo alto voice; solo tenor voice; solo baritone voice; mixed chorus [SATB divisi]; piano

General Notes:

For soloists (SATBar), mixed chorus (SATB divisi) and orchestra; accompaniment reduced for piano.
"Although the preliminary form of the cantata was scored for chorus with piano accompaniment, the final version is now orchestrated"--Page 2.
Individual movements and the version for chorus with orchestra also available as separate editions.
Text by American and Candian poets.
Commissioned by the Toledo Choral Society for premiere in June 2022.
Cover title.
Duration: approximately 35 min.
Program notes and staging suggestions in English.

Physical Description:

1 vocal score (99 pages) ; 28 cm

Call Numbers:

M1533.W32 G74 2023

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 600313489792
Publisher Number, E.C. Schirmer Music: 8979

OCLC Numbers:

1416678832