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SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2010 - Music and Politics: A Lyndon B. Johnson Orat
 orio on Race and Vietnam
CREATED:20090915T110000Z
DESCRIPTION:In 2008 the Dallas Symphony premiered "August 4\, 1964\," an 
 oratorio by composer Steven Stucky in honor of President Lyndon B. Johns
 on. The work follows events of that day in the LBJ White House\, a pivot
 al day that both shaped the civil rights movement in America and led to 
 the tragic escalation of the war in Vietnam. Steven Stucky\, recipient o
 f the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Music\, plays excerpts from this oratorio a
 nd discusses the role of politics in today's classical music.See related
  video World Premier of Steve Stucky's Aug 4\, 1964 at http://www.youtub
 e.com/watch?v=WtSQ4PJTnrI
LAST-MODIFIED:20091203T120000Z
LOCATION:Spurlock Museum\, Knight Auditorium\, 600 S. Gregory Street\, Ur
 bana\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CATEGORIES:Lecture
CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729
ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/907?key=2000010120000101141880
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