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Lincoln Portrait (also known as A Lincoln Portrait) is a 1942 classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland. The work involves a full orchestra, with particular emphasis on the brass section at climactic moments. The work is narrated with the reading of excerpts of Abraham Lincoln's great documents, including the Gettysburg Address. An orchestra usually invites a prominent person to be the narrator.

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Lincoln Portrait

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Lincoln Portrait (also known as A Lincoln Portrait) is a 1942 classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland. The work involves...

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List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln

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130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's features were the despair of every artist who undertook his portrait. The writer saw nearly a dozen...

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Gettysburg Address

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President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words. New York: Random House. ISBN 1-4000-6119-9 Appendix 9, p. 390: "The Bliss copy ... Lincoln made in March...

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Abraham Lincoln

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Congress "Life Portrait of Abraham Lincoln", from C-SPAN's American presidents: Life Portraits, June 28, 1999 "Writings of Abraham Lincoln" from C-SPAN's...

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Lincoln Memorial

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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. An example of neoclassicism, it...

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Gilda Radner

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 97. ISBN 978-0-671-63868-9. Saltman, David (1992). Gilda: An Intimate Portrait. Chicago: Contemporary Books. Hevesi, Dennis (May 21, 1989). "Gilda Radner...

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Lincoln cent

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The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads...

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Don Cheadle

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city throughout his childhood. He attended Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1970 to 1974. Cheadle graduated in 1982 from East High School...

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Carol Burnett

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Records. LP. Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center – Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett (1971). Recording from Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center TV special. Columbia...

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Mary Todd Lincoln

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 Mary Lincoln for the Ages. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-08093-3675-3. Daniel Mark Epstein, The Lincolns: Portrait of...

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List of compositions by Aaron Copland

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Overture for concert band (1941) Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra (1942) Arrangement of Lincoln Portrait for concert band (1942) Rodeo; ballet...

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Rachel Maddow

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recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. She had also been awarded a Marshall Scholarship the same...

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Victor David Brenner

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Portrait-plaquette of Fridtjof Nansen Portrait medallion of J. Sanford Saltus Portrait medallion of C. Delacour Portrait-plaquette of Abraham Lincoln...

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Christopher Reeve

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the Jackal, in which he played Allan Pinkerton, the head of President Lincoln's new Secret Service. In October, Reeve was offered the part of Lewis in...

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Mamie Lincoln Isham

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the Healy Portrait of Lincoln, which had been left to her by her mother. It was given to the White House collection when she died. Lincoln family tree...

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Aaron Copland

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(1942) and Appalachian Spring (1944) were huge successes. His pieces Lincoln Portrait and Fanfare for the Common Man became patriotic standards. Also important...

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Alexander Newley

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of Lincoln" is the central feature at The Lincoln Heritage Museum in Lincoln, Illinois—an Abraham Lincoln museum. Newley also painted a portrait of Jeffrey...

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Henry Fonda

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performances in films like Jezebel (1938), Jesse James (1939) and Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for...

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William Warfield

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"Spoken Word" category for his outstanding narration of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, accompanied by the Eastman Philharmonia [1]. And in the 1990s, he...

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Ken Burns

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the U.S. presidency in December 2007, Burns compared Obama to Abraham Lincoln. He said he had planned to be a regular contributor to Countdown with Keith...

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Ossie Davis

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in a Community Beyond Theater", The New York Times, October 25, 1998. "Lincoln Avenue Corridor NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK". The Cultural Landscape Foundation...

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Jerry Lee Lewis

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suddenly remembered that Elvis wanted to see him and, climbing aboard his new Lincoln Continental with the loaded pistol on the dash and a bottle of champagne...

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James Whitmore

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Fire (1959) as Monk Johnson 1960s The Law and Mr. Jones (1960) as Abraham Lincoln Jones Who Was That Lady? (1960) as Harry Powell ’’Rawhide 1962 Incident...

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Dudley Moore

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Come Again. Methuen Drama. ISBN 0-413-77602-6. Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait, Rena Fruchter, Ebury Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-0918-9757-4. Julian Upton...

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Julie Harris

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Camera (1952), The Lark (1956), Forty Carats (1969), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1973), and The Belle of Amherst (1977). Her other Tony-nominated roles...

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