The suite based on this work omitted parts including "Fear in the Night" and a section containing a "Harper's Ferry" solo, "Day of Wrath".
The composer's score for this work included the stage instructions that light shine on one character's face on the first note louder than mezzo piano, and its first section contains a rising three-note motive and telescoping simple triads. The music for this piece was composed from three scripts, the latter two just called Name and being revisions of the first, "House of Victory". The suite based on this work omitted parts including "Fear in the Night" and a section containing a "Harper's Ferry" solo, "Day of Wrath". Including characters like the Husbandman, the Bride, and the Pioneer Woman, the last of whom ends this work by saying "In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth" in a section entitled "The Lord's Day". It takes its name from a poem by Hart Crane which has little else to do with this work, which is about a celebration of pioneers in Pennsylvania upon building a farm house. Originally titled Ballet for Martha, for 10 points, name this ballet that includes the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts," written for Martha Graham by Aaron Copland.
The composer's score for this work included the stage instructions that light shine on one character's face on the first note louder than mezzo piano, and its first section contains a rising three-note motive and telescoping simple triads.
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