Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, is a 1947 work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber. The text is taken from a 1938 short prose piece by James Agee. The work was commissioned by soprano Eleanor Steber, who premiered it in 1948, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky.
Although the piece is traditionally sung by a soprano, it may also be sung by tenor; Anthony Rolfe Johnson's interpretation has become popular in recent years.
Read more about Knoxville: Summer Of 1915: Genesis, Description, Structure, Barber's Text, Premiere, Discography
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