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  1. Following that with a quick blip of the labor anthem “Solidarity Forever” (youtu.be/Smm4myFWN-w?is=g34AZI) performed by Elise Bryant, director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and leader of the DC Labor Chorus. It was written & composed by American writer, artist and labor activist Ralph Chaplin in 1915.
    #SymSat #LaborDay #SolidarityForever #RalphChaplin #EliseBryant

  2. Mama Who Bore Me (youtu.be/7yhIxX-y6Z0?si=zBEGCV) is from Coming-of-Age Rock musical “Spring Awakening” based on the 1891 German play of the same name. It was composed by Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik (yes, the same guy who wrote “Barely Breathing” (youtu.be/A-oh-tP6RvA?si=DXY2Bz) !) A lullaby, the music contrasts with the lyrics about a young teenager’s frustration at being unprepared for harsh realities of the world
    #SymSat #HappyMothersDay #SpringAwakening #DuncanSheik #StevenSater

  3. “Credo” (youtu.be/NInltwWFL74?si=gxC_TN) is a 7-part cantata written in 1967 set to the 1904 W. E. B. Du Bois' prose poem of the same name. It’s notable for its blending of Western classical and N*gro Spiritual traditions. Each of the movements in “Credo” begins with a statement of belief and then goes on to center black historical figures and settings in a way that marries both ancestry with modern times (extra images added for alttext)
    #SymSat #MargaretBonds #BlackHistoryMonth #WEBDuBois

  4. So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQV)
    #SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz