What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach? .- What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach? (2010)
( Good morning, Committee. My name is Phillip Spooner, and I live at 5 Graham Street in Biddeford. )
... A moving choral setting of excerpts of public testimony given before the Maine Senate by WWII veteran Phillip Spooner in a hearing to discuss the Marriage Equality Bill on April 22, 2009. Nearly 4,000 people attended the hearing, with marriage equality su ...
Dunphy, Melissa (born in 1980) [ USA ; Pennsylvania ]
Edition
Published by
Mormolyke Press
[USA]
, 2010
Number of pages :
12
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
2010, Philadelphia
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
21st century
(2001-2010)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Political song ; Contemporary
Mood of the piece:
beautiful ; inspirational ; lively ; compassionate
Type of Choir:
SSAATB (6 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) (1 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
D tonal center ; C aeolian ; atonal
Duration:
7.0 min.
Source of text:
Speech by WWII veteran before Maine Senate in support of marriage equality, 2009
Data about the life of the work:
1st prize in Simon Carrington Chamber Singers 2010 Composition Competition, performed around USA since. "A bold and highly effective setting of a thought-provoking text." -- Renowned choral conductor and founding member of the King's Singers Simon Carrington.
