Aaron Copland - "In The Beginning"

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Text taken from Genesis, chapter 1 and chapter 2:1-7. I would post a link but can't seem to find the full piece online.

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OptionVotes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 0
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after th0
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the e0
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 0
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the0
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the 0
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and0
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 0
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and hav0
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,0
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein 0
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth 0
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 0
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he0
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created0
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the 0
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God ha0
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 0
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the 0
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 0
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon t0
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 0
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 0
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 0
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 0
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the f0
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 0
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it w0
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good0
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,0
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in0
And the evening and the morning were the third day. 0
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for s0
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 0
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the st0
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 0
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 0
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became0


HI DERE, Thursday, 29 May 2008 20:07 (seventeen years ago)

This is honestly one of the best pieces of choral music ever written.

HI DERE, Thursday, 29 May 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Sunday, 1 June 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Monday, 2 June 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

lol ILM sez "fuck sacred choral music"

HI DERE, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 13:51 (seventeen years ago)


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