© by Rosemary Benét (1900 - 1962)
Nancy Hanks
Language: English
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Text Authorship:
- by Rosemary Benét (1900 - 1962), "Nancy Hanks", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892 - 1980), "Nancy Hanks", published 1941 [soprano and piano], choral versions available [text not verified]
- by Gail T. Kubik (b. 1914), "Nancy Hanks", published 1949. [alto and baritone, SSAATTBB chorus, and piano] [text not verified]
- by Edwin London (b. 1929), "Nancy Hanks", published 1973 [mezzo-soprano, narrator, instrumental ensemble, slides, optional male dancer], from Portraits of Three Ladies [text not verified]
- by Arnold Shaw (b. 1909), "Nancy Hanks", published 1941 [voice and piano], from Sing a Song of Americans [text not verified]
- by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "Nancy Hanks", published 1947, copyright © 1941 [voice and piano], from American Legends: Six Songs for Voice and Piano, note: "for Hannah on her birthday" [text verified 1 time]
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