Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (1942)

Patriotic song arrangements by Weill for narrator, TTBB chorus, and orchestra.

List of Songs
Performance Information
Recordings

List of Songs

1) Battle Hymn of the Republic (Julia Ward Howe)
2) The Star-Spangled Banner (Francis Scott Key)
3) America (Samuel Francis Smith)
4) Beat! Beat! Drums! (Walt Whitman)

Performance Information

Orchestra: 2.2.3.4 sax.1; 2.2.2.0; hp, organ, perc, timp, strings.
Duration: 15 minutes
Performance Materials: All territories: EAMC
First performance: March 30-31, 1942, recording session for RCA Victor, Helen Hayes, narrator, Roy Shields, cond.

Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.

Recordings

Pearl CD
GEMM CDS 9294

Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway, vol. II, Helen Hayes (narrator), Roy Shields (cond.)