Into the Ages

‘Now he belongs to the ages,’ spoken at the death of Abraham Lincoln, is the basis for this musical tribute. It was commissioned by the Library of Congress on the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. With beautiful wistful melodies, fragments of Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie, and dramatic percussion scoring, Gay Holmes Spears creates a wonderful portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Just in time for this year's (2015) 150th Anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination.