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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Music

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan declared the third Monday in January a federal legal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. 

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LP=33 1/3 rpm vinyl disc


Recordings

  • Amram, David. Three songs for America : for bass voice, woodwind quintet, and string quintet. Providence, RI : Newport Classic, p1993. CD 06246
  • Baker, David. Through this vale of tears : in memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, N.Y. : Composers Recordings, Inc., p1999. CD 8154
  • Flagello, Nicolas. Passion of Martin Luther King.  Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch International Classics, p1995. CD 05109
  • Kerr, Thomas H. Anguished American Easter, 1968, on A diversity of riches : multi-ethnic organ music by 20th-century American composers. Somerville, MA : Titanic Records, p1992. CD 03959
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have a Dream
  • Lentz, Daniel, 1942- Dream king. Hollywood, Ca. : Angel, p1987. CD 01792
  • Mahalia Jackson sings the best-loved hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, N.Y. : CBS Records, [1968?]. LP 14891
  • La Muerte de Martin Luther King, on American Music, a Panorama. New York: Sony Special Music Products, 1998. ML200 .K55 1998 disc
  • Parker, Alice. A sermon from the mountain : Martin Luther King. New York, NY : Ethereal Recordings, p1998. CD 06772
  • Schwantner, Joseph. New morning for the world : daybreak of freedom for speaker and orchestra with texts by Martin Luther King, Jr. New York : Mercury : Distributed by Polygram Distribution, c1983. LP 8617
  • Sing for freedom : the story of the civil rights movement through its songs. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian/Folkways Records ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Rounder Records, p1990. CD 05856

Printed Music

  • Berio, Luciano. O King : for voice and five players (1968). London : Universal Edition, [1993?], c1970.  M1617 .B37 O5 1993


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