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rrator ; DePauw University Choirs ; Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Izler Solomon, conductor. (March 22, 1958) NOTE: Caveat! This recording almost didn't get uploaded! The high tech audio of the late 1950's and 1960's was in reel-to-reel high fidelity analog tape recording. Two types of tape were used: mylar which frequently stretched and made off pitch, wow filled and muffled playback over time, and acetate, which over time became brittle and broke frequently depending upon the thickness. This particular source tape had a break in the finale and whoever had the tape in play at the time did not trouble themselves to reattach it with audio repair tape...or even simple scotch tape which would have worked. The result is that the end of the piece, probably several minutes, of music, is gone-with-the-wind. So, my reasoning for proceeding to upload 95% of the work is its extreme rarity and the fact that over 45 minutes of the work does actually exist. Maybe this will motivate someone to find a better copy of the work, digitize it and upload it; or even better, maybe some recording company will record it. So, with apologies for the incomplete and unresolved nature of this piece, enjoy what you can of this neo-romantic rarissima.