I agree with you. Her conviction is absolute. Unlike so many male performers, Ms. Hepburn's delivery isn't bellowing oratory. She is expressing belief and telling a story about our greatest Pressident.
@NStacey198711 жыл бұрын
Played this piece in high school for a middle school that was honoring lincoln. It took us over 6 weeks to learn.
@Hiram2you12 жыл бұрын
She sends chills up my spine! What a fantastic recording. Perfect in every way. Gerald F.
@mir88cee11 жыл бұрын
gonna play this with my high school band for spring concert! playing first clarinet!
@FRILIZZOCK12 жыл бұрын
I have never listened to this one before but an incredible performance, I agree with the previous post this sent chills down my spine as well
@joshvigh12 жыл бұрын
"Fanfare for the Common Man" is a short piece and one of his most influential and distinctly American pieces.
@aresee8208Ай бұрын
It seems to me she speaks this much more like a real person would than most versions I've heard. Most sound like they are lecturing the audience. I prefer this.
@Richard4017112 жыл бұрын
We'll find out what Lincoln REALLY sounded like when we hear Daniel Day-Lewis in Spielberg's film (apparently high-pitched, according to historical testimony). The problem is "high-pitched" is a little general anyway. The fact is these are just comments; it doesn't take away from the fact that we're all happy these posts are on youtube! And this is not criticism of the poster who deserves thx for his post. But what kind of forum would this be if everyone said great, divine, superb, beautiful!
@DanielSinger12211 жыл бұрын
I have heard a lot of criticism of Hepburn that her voice isnt strong enough for this, essentially that she doesnt have an epic enough voice. I thought this at first but the more I listened, the more I liked it. Her pacing is a lot better than Heston, Peck, and other males I have heard. She also does it with a lot more emotion than the others. This one actually makes me cry. I was actually sobbing by the end of this one
@johnmumper23416 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@VtRD10 жыл бұрын
This version is superb. Even with Kate's shaky voice--there's a lot of talent in that voice. Check out the shorter version with narration by historian Dr. Allen Guelzo--it is on KZbin. Powerful.
@jochanaan586 жыл бұрын
The voice of the elder, the wise woman!
@ntnstern12 жыл бұрын
This masterpiece is an overwhelming hymn for humanity and freedom-I think it is not important who speaks it-this performance takes your heart and I think that´s much more than a "strong male voice"!
@vQlse12 жыл бұрын
goosebumps!
@beatsxtin11 жыл бұрын
He got game brought me here
@skulldogackley12 жыл бұрын
I have to do a project on this guy and i need 3 songs under 5 mins.... BUT ALL OF THEM ARE LIKE 10min OR ABOVE!!!!
@FifthContinentMusic9 жыл бұрын
Poor old Kate. Her voice was beginning to show the effects of her debilitating condition over time.
@johnmumper23416 жыл бұрын
I agree. BUT... WOW. She makes you feel it. She makes ME feel it.
@Richard4017112 жыл бұрын
But the quotations ARE Lincoln's, if I can enlighten you. Look, we're not going to settle this mathematically, like we can prove that 2+2 is 4. KZbin can be a fine forum for the exchange of ideas and POV's or it can be a TZ cornfield episode where we send anyone who disagrees with us to the cornfield. I think I said it all in other posts. BTW I wouldn't want Clint Eastwood to narrate this either. Between a male with a weak voice and a female (Condy Rice) with a strong voice, I'll take Rice.
@Richard4017112 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree with comments here. If nothing else, gender-neutral as we hope to be, a text like this calls out for a strong male voice; so far as I know, Lincoln was male. Apart even from the gender issue, Hepburn's voice is not strong enough, quavery, even croaking, most of the time. But each to his (her) own. Thanks for the post.
@kend.67974 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%. The piece requires a Male narrator, and aside from that Hepburn was not up to the task. Not a good recording.
@Richard4017112 жыл бұрын
I disagree with your superlatives ("overwhelming hymn for humanity") & generalizations (collective "you"): "takes YOUR heart." Perhaps yours, not mine. Which is not to say I don't like the piece, though many tunes are not Copland's.The music is still unmistakeably his. Anyway, here's my version of the First Amendment: "A well-informed dialogue being necessary to the intelligence of cultured netizens, the right to keep and express different opinions on youtube shall not be infringed."