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FIREMAN (1996)
ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen is pictured with (from left) former Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Seiji Ozawa, composer Elliot Goldenthal and James Taylor at the Boston premiere of Goldenthal's magnum opus, Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio. Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in 1993 to commemorate the end of the Vietnam War, the emotionally powerful work was written for large orchestra, three choirs (including a Vietnamese children's choir), baritone and soprano soloists. A recording of the work, released by Sony Classical in 1995, featured a solo by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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From the ASCAP Archives
