Be Glad Then, America!

To celebrate Americas bicentennial, the National Symphony of Washington DC commissioned Robert Russell Bennett to write a work, and he responded with The Fun and Faith of William Billings. It appeared on the official souvenir LP recording of the JFK Center for Performing Arts. The LP and this CD, the first appearance on Decca and mastered from the original tapes also includes Billingss own Hymns, as well as William Schumans New England Triptych is subtitled Three pieces for orchestra after William Billings. The CD includes the original LP liner notes and complete sung texts.