2001
A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil War
Composed by 
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie 
Song Collection
A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil War sets the poetry of several American writers, including Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Emily Dickinson and Stephen Foster as well as traditional texts of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore and Julia Ward Howe and a letter of Annie Davis.
About
This song cycle was commissioned by the Eos Orchestra, written for baritone and chamber orchestra. The first performance took place on February 21, 2002 at the Society for Ethical Culture in New York with baritone Gordon Hawkins and the Eos Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Sheffer.
The cycle begins with a prologue, and each of the songs is divided into sections.
Prologue: Ships That Pass in the Night (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
1. Africa (Maya Angelou)
2a. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
2b. Letter to President Lincoln from Annie Davis, 1864
2c. Was My Brother in the Battle? (Stephen Foster)
3. A Great Hope Fell (Emily Dickinson)
4a. Glory (Julia Ward Howe)
4b. America (Maya Angelou)
Songs
Prologue: Ships That Pass in the Night2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggiePaul Laurence DunbarAfrica2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieMaya AngelouWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggiePatrick Sarsfield GilmoreLetter to President Lincoln from Annie Davis, 18642001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieAnnie DavisWas My Brother in the Battle?2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieStephen FosterA Great Hope Fell2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieEmily DickinsonGlory2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieJulia Ward HoweAmerica2001 · A Great Hope Fell: Songs From Civil WarJake HeggieMaya Angelou