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Film, Video Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin

Event video

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Title

  • Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin

Summary

  • The Library of Congress and Opera America co-present the world premiere of "Fierce Grace--Jeanette Rankin", a song cycle about the first woman elected to Congress. It was composed by Kitty Brazelton, Laura Kaminsky, Laura Karpman and Ellen Reid; Kimberly Reed, librettist. Used the Surrealist "exquisite corpse" method of creative collaboration, the song cycle relates Rankin's suffragism and pacifism. Program: introduction (00:24); Song #1 (10:15); Song #2 (19:02); Song #3 (30:14); Song #4 (39:39); Post-performance conversation (50:08).

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-04-07.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Mila Henry, Heather Johnson.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-04-07.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024696850

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696850/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2017) Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696850/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024696850/>.