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Requiem for the enslaved

Music CD

2022

Format:	Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording
Author:	Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1984- composer, instrumentalist.
Title:	Requiem for the enslaved / music by Carlos Simon ; text by Marco Pavé.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Decca, [2022] ℗2022
Description:	1 audio disc (55:51) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. digital audio file CD audio
Summary:	American composer Carlos Simon presents a multi-genre work, Requiem for the Enslaved. This work is a musical tribute to commemorate the stories of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by Georgetown University. Described as a "rap opera," Carlos infuses his original compositions with African American spirituals and familiar Catholic liturgical melodies.
Notes:	Title from disc label. Additional texts by Harriet Tubman (We all found Heaven) and Frederick Douglass (Grant them rest). Program notes by Alisha Lola Jones and text (14 pages) in booklet inserted in container. Compact disc. Carlos Simon, piano ; Marco Pavé, narrator ; Leah Claiborne, Jared "MK Zulu" Bailey, Carlos Simon, Andrew Beck, spoken word artists (invocation) ; MK Zulu, trumpet ; Hub New Music. Recorded 2021 May 11-13 Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA ; 2022 January 7 Omega Recording Studios, Washington, D.C.
Subjects:	Requiems. Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble) Piano music, Arranged. Trumpet and piano music, Arranged.
Other Author:	Pavé, Marco, author, narrator. Claiborne, Leah, narrator. Beck, Andy (Musician), narrator. Zulu, MK, instrumentalist, narrator. Container of (work): Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1984- Requiem for the enslaved. Container of (expression): Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1984- Requiem for the enslaved. Light everlasting; arranged. Container of (expression): Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1984- Requiem for the enslaved. In paradisium; arranged. Container of (expression): Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1984- Requiem for the enslaved. We all found heaven; arranged. Hub New Music, performer.
Contents:	Requiem for the enslaved Light everlasting (solo piano version) In paradisium (instrumental version) We all found heaven (instrumental version)
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	1439627
Other Number:	1343016621
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