The Better Angels Of Our Nature - for Band & Narrator
Series: MusicWorks
Composer: Paul Murtha
Level: 3
A simple yet elegant setting provides a poignant underscoring for the moving words of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural speech in this work for band with narrator. The inspirational message is as timely today as it was on March 4, 1861.
2020 was a rough year, but I found the racism, inequality and political divisiveness that still exists in our county 157 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 155 years after the end of our Civil War, and 57 years after Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech, particularly saddening.
I was outraged at how we treat each other, the lack of tolerance we have for one another...whether because of differing religious beliefs, political views, or skin color.
I was saddened at our lack of compassion for one another, the lack of common human decency, and the decline of civility.
I found inspiration, and most importantly hope, in the moving words of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address and wanted to do whatever small part I could do to make sure that young musicians (and their audiences) hear those simple words today....and maybe take them to heart. They ring as true today as they did on March 4, 1861.
“We are not enemies, but friends... We must not be enemies”
Sincerely, Paul Murtha
Series: MusicWorks
Composer: Paul Murtha
Level: 3
A simple yet elegant setting provides a poignant underscoring for the moving words of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural speech in this work for band with narrator. The inspirational message is as timely today as it was on March 4, 1861.
2020 was a rough year, but I found the racism, inequality and political divisiveness that still exists in our county 157 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 155 years after the end of our Civil War, and 57 years after Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech, particularly saddening.
I was outraged at how we treat each other, the lack of tolerance we have for one another...whether because of differing religious beliefs, political views, or skin color.
I was saddened at our lack of compassion for one another, the lack of common human decency, and the decline of civility.
I found inspiration, and most importantly hope, in the moving words of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address and wanted to do whatever small part I could do to make sure that young musicians (and their audiences) hear those simple words today....and maybe take them to heart. They ring as true today as they did on March 4, 1861.
“We are not enemies, but friends... We must not be enemies”
Sincerely, Paul Murtha
Series: MusicWorks
Composer: Paul Murtha
Level: 3
A simple yet elegant setting provides a poignant underscoring for the moving words of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural speech in this work for band with narrator. The inspirational message is as timely today as it was on March 4, 1861.
2020 was a rough year, but I found the racism, inequality and political divisiveness that still exists in our county 157 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 155 years after the end of our Civil War, and 57 years after Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech, particularly saddening.
I was outraged at how we treat each other, the lack of tolerance we have for one another...whether because of differing religious beliefs, political views, or skin color.
I was saddened at our lack of compassion for one another, the lack of common human decency, and the decline of civility.
I found inspiration, and most importantly hope, in the moving words of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address and wanted to do whatever small part I could do to make sure that young musicians (and their audiences) hear those simple words today....and maybe take them to heart. They ring as true today as they did on March 4, 1861.
“We are not enemies, but friends... We must not be enemies”
Sincerely, Paul Murtha