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Emily Dickinson's Letter To The World: Song of America, Oct. 28th, 5 pm on ENCORE!

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Published October 26, 2012 at 12:43 PM EDT

The reclusive poet Emily Dickinson explored all of life’s emotions, and there are hundreds of compelling settings of her poems by composers from Ernst Bacon to André Previn to Ned Rorem. Hear some of them Sunday, October 28th, 5 to 6 pm as Thomas Hampson presents this acclaimed Song of America installment - Emily Dickinson, Letter to the World.

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