Last Speech, The
Broadcast: April 6, 1946
Added: Apr 02 2023
It has been almost eighty years since the passing of President Franklin D Roosevelt. The Columbia Workshop commemorates the first anniversary of his death, looking back at a speech he wrote, but never delivered. A cantata based on this speech is performed, composed by Lou Cooper, and conducted by Alexander Semmler, with text written by Carl Carmer and Stephen Vincent Benet.