New Mexico Composers' Archive

Author(s)

Michael Mauldin

Publication Date

1986

Abstract

Carl Topilow suggested a collaboration between Mauldin and Richard Lamm, who had written a narration about the American West and who was looking for a composer to set it. At the same time, Toni Watkins, a member of the NRO board, approached Mauldin to commission a work in honor of her husband's memory. The work was "dedicated to Victor Watkins, who came to this country as a young boy from a land where hope had died to a land where hope was infinite, and who loved this country, fought for it and believed in it through all his life."

Sponsorship

Digitized with funding from the Center for Regional Studies.

Language

English

Publisher

Michael Mauldin

Keywords

Monologues with music (Orchestra) -- Scores, Orchestral music -- Scores, West (U.S.) -- History -- Songs and music

Document Type

Musical Score

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