Edward Collins: Daughter of the South

Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus (Artist, Orchestra), Edward Joseph Collins (Composer), Marin Alsop (Conductor), Peter Auty (Performer), Andrea Baker (Performer), Lisa Milne (Performer), Keel Watson (Performer), Roland Wood (Performer), Peter Coleman-Wright (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Auty, Andrea Baker, Lisa Milne, Keel Watson, Roland Wood, et al.
• Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus
• Conductor: Marin Alsop
• Composer: Edward Joseph Collins
• Audio CD (August 2, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Albany Records
• ASIN: B003TLRLKO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
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• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #173,160 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Daughter of the South

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Product Description

The only opera composed by Edward Joseph Collins, Daughter of the South, is set on a plantation on the Potomac River, near Leesburg, Virginia. The composer also wrote the libretto, the dramatic action commencing on the day the Civil War began and ending when peace was declared. Pondering what would be an appropriate opera for an American composer, Collins drew on his life-long interest in the Civil War and created an opera using the love story of a Southern beauty with a Northern boy as the basis of the libretto. The music shares many identifiable qualities with Collins' other compositions for large ensembles, yet also makes more direct use of music styles from the popular culture of the 1920s and 30s, especially jazz and blues.