From 'Glee' To Gettysburg: Brian Stokes Mitchell Speaks For Lincoln

editor — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:27:00 +0000

Aaron Copland is considered one of America's greatest composers. Among his most famous works is a tribute to an iconic figure in American history. In 1942, Copland wrote A Lincoln Portrait, which features a full orchestra playing while a narrator reads excerpts from Lincoln's speeches and other writings.

There's been a long list of notables who have performed A Lincoln Portrait: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Cronkite and Margaret Thatcher, among many others.