| 作曲者 | Steven Stucky (1949-2016) |
| タイトル | 23593 (Piano Reduction) |
| サブタイトル | A Concert Drama |
| 出版社 | Theodore Presser・プレッサー |
| 楽器編成 | 混声合唱 |
| 品番 | HLTHE44141024 |
| 形状 | 132 ページ・500 g |
| 演奏時間 | 1:10:00 |
| 出版年 | 2008年 |
| 出版番号 | 441-41024 |
August 4, 1964 was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony for the 2008 celebration of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s centennial year. The 75-minute oratorio focuses on two events that came to a head on August 4, 1964, events that defined LBJ’s presidency: the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers in Mississippi, and the bombing of North Vietnam, which accelerated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war. Gene Scheer’s thoroughly-researched libretto includes actual transcripts of White House phone conversations and government documents, as well as letters from the mothers of the slain civil rights workers.
1. The Saddest Moment
2. Historians
3. Oval Office I
4. I Wish to Be a Part of That Fight
5. The Secret Heart of America
6. Oval Office II
7. Elegy
8. Letter from Mississippi
9. Oval Office III
10. August Fourth
11. Had We Known
12. What Is Precious Is Never To Forget