Symphony No. 2 (Liebermann)

Symphony by Lowell Liebermann

Lowell Liebermann’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 67 (1999) is a symphony for large orchestra and SATB chorus, with texts adapted from the poetry of Walt Whitman. It is about 40 minutes long, and arranged into four movements to be played without a break.[1] It was commissioned by Ford Lacy and Cece Smith for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus’ centennial celebration. The work was premiered in 2000, with Andrew Litton conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The Second Symphony was very favorably received at its premiere, with TIME describing it as, "Now brazen and glittering, now radiantly visionary...the work of a composer unafraid of grand gestures and openhearted lyricism."[2] However, the symphony has since received harsh criticism due to its exceptionally free embrace of tonality and its distinctly optimistic outlook. Scott Cantrell in particular has denounced the Second Symphony as "foolhardy" in the "cynical" environment of today.[3] The Second Symphony was recorded in 2000 on the Delos International label with Andrew Litton conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

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1. ^ Kenaston, Karen S. "An Approach to the Critical Evaluation of Settings of the Poetry of Walt Whitman: Lowell Liebermann's Symphony No. 2," page 69. University of North Texas, 2003.
2. ^ Time (magazine)
3. ^ Kenaston, Karen S. "An Approach to the Critical Evaluation of Settings of the Poetry of Walt Whitman: Lowell Liebermann's Symphony No. 2," pages 112-113. University of North Texas, 2003.

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Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass
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* "Come Up from the Fields Father" (1865)
* "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" (1856)
* "Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day" (1865)
* "I Sing the Body Electric" (1855)
* "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (1868)
* "O Captain! My Captain!" (1865)
* "One Hour to Madness and Joy" (1860)
* "One's Self I Sing" (1867)
* "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" (1859)
* "Patrolling Barnegat" (1856)
* "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" (1865)
* "Prayer of Columbus" (1874)
* "The Sleepers" (1855)
* "Song of Myself" (1855)
* "Song of the Open Road" (1856)
* "There Was a Child Went Forth" (1855)
* "This Dust Was Once the Man" (1871)
* "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" (1865)

Sections
Calamus
Sea-Drift
Drum-Taps

Other works|

* List of poems
* Franklin Evans (1842)
* Life and Adventures of Jack Engle (1852)
* Democratic Vistas (1871)
* Passage to India (1871)

Adaptations|

* Elegiac Ode (1884)
* Sea Drift (1906)
* A Sea Symphony (1909)
* Ode to Death (1919)
* Morning Heroes (1930)
* Sea Drift (1933)
* Dona nobis pacem (1936)
* Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song (1942)
* When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1946)
* The Wound-Dresser (1989)
* Lilacs (1996)
* Symphony No. 2 (1999)
* Dooryard Bloom (2004)

Life and
honoraria|

* Walt Whitman Award
* Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln
* Lectures
* Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
* Walt Whitman House
* The Long Islander
* Walt Whitman Bridge
* Walt Whitman (Davidson)
* Walt Whitman High School (Maryland)
* Walt Whitman High School (New York)
* Walt Whitman Shops
* Whitman-Walker Health

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