“Freedom Is in the Trying”

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“Freedom Is in the Trying” is a movement from Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning jazz oratorio *Blood on the Fields*, which explores themes of slavery, struggle, and liberation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf movement
musical work
associatedWith Pulitzer Prize–winning oratorio Blood on the Fields NERFINISHED
associatedWorkAward Pulitzer Prize for Music (for Blood on the Fields) NERFINISHED
composer Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED
genre jazz
hasForm ensemble piece
vocal jazz
intendedSetting album recording
live performance
language English
lyricalContent reflects the pursuit of freedom through effort and perseverance
medium music
narrativeRole contributes to the dramatic arc of Blood on the Fields
partOf Blood on the Fields NERFINISHED
partOfSeries movements of Blood on the Fields NERFINISHED
performanceContext concert performance
recording
performer Wynton Marsalis Septet (original production context) NERFINISHED
subject African American experience
quest for human dignity
theme freedom
hope
liberation
resilience
slavery
struggle
workType oratorio movement

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Blood on the Fields hasPart “Freedom Is in the Trying”