Knoxville: Summer of 1915

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Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is a lyrical orchestral song by Samuel Barber, set to a prose text by James Agee that nostalgically evokes childhood memories of a summer evening in early 20th-century Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work ⓘ
orchestral song ⓘ
vocal-orchestral composition ⓘ
basedOn Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (prose text by James Agee) ⓘ
commissionedBy Eleanor Steber ⓘ
composer Samuel Barber ⓘ
compositionYear 1947 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dedication Eleanor Steber ⓘ
duration approximately 15 minutes ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
lyrical orchestral song ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementCount 1 ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Dawn Upshaw ⓘ
Leontyne Price ⓘ
Renée Fleming ⓘ
orchestration brass ⓘ
harp ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
period 20th century ⓘ
premiereCity Boston ⓘ
premiereConductor Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
premierePerformer Eleanor Steber ⓘ
premiereYear 1948 ⓘ
scoring soprano and orchestra ⓘ
setting Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
style neo-Romantic ⓘ
subject childhood memories ⓘ
early 20th-century Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
summer evening ⓘ
textAuthor James Agee ⓘ
textLaterIncorporatedIn A Death in the Family ⓘ
textPublicationYear 1938 ⓘ
textSource James Agee’s autobiographical prose ⓘ
textType prose ⓘ
theme American South ⓘ
family life ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
vocalRange soprano ⓘ

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Samuel Barber → notableWork → Knoxville: Summer of 1915 ⓘ
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 → basedOn → Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (prose text by James Agee) ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville: Summer of 1915