Morning Heroes is a symphony for orator, chorus and orchestra by the English composer Arthur Bliss. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO (August 2, 1891 - March 27, 1975) was a British composer. ...

Essentially an oratorio in all but name, it was written as a tribute to his brother and his comrades-in-arms who were killed in the First World War. It sets poems by Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, Robert Nichols, Li Tai Po and Homer (The Iliad). The extracts are spoken by a narrator and sung by a large choir. An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Walt Whitman Walter Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American Romantic poet. ... Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an English poet and soldier, regarded by some as the leading poet of the First World War. ... Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893-1944) was an English writer, known as a war poet of World War I, and a playwright. ... Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet, considered the greatest romantic poet of the Tang dynasty. ... Homer (Greek Hómēros) was a legendary early Greek poet and aoidos (singer) traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ... The Iliad is, with The Odyssey, one of the two major Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, a blind Ionian poet. ...

Juxtaposing the harsh images of trench warfare with the epic heroes of Ancient Greece, the parallels Bliss draws are essentially romantic, and the work as a whole has been criticised as being rather complacent.^[1] Nonetheless the piece was popular from its first performance in 1928 and is still occasionally performed. Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of defence. ... The Ancient Greek world, circa 550 BC Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history which lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It has been recorded on several occasions, with narrators including John Westbrook, Brian Blessed and Richard Baker. Notable people named John Westbrook include: John Westbrook, actor John Westbrook, video artist/editor John L. Westbrook, politician Category: ... Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, born October 9, 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC Fancy Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. ... Richard Baker is the name of several well-known people, including: Richard Baker (chronicler) (1568–1645), English chronicler Richard Baker (broadcaster) (born 1925), BBC broadcaster Richard Baker (composer/conductor) (born 1972), British composer and conductor Richard Baker (politician) (b. ...

References

1. ^ Penguin Guide to Classical Music