Gwyneth Walker

Let Freedom Ring!

for SATB Chorus, Narrator, and Concert Band (1995)

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Commissioned by The Gilbert School in Winsted, CT, in celebration of the Centennial of the School: 1895-1995.

Let Freedom Ring! comprises three sections: "A Call to Freedom" -- an instrumental fanfare; "The Words of Freedom" -- a narration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech, "I have a dream," with instrumental and choral responses; and "A Song of Freedom" -- a new musical setting of the words, "My country 'tis of thee..." for chorus and band.

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