Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, is a 1947 work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber, with text from a 1938 short prose piece by James Agee. The work was commissioned by soprano Eleanor Steber, who premiered it in 1948 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. Although the piece is traditionally sung by a soprano, it may also be sung by tenor. The text is in the persona of a male child.
| Date of composition | 1947 |
| Premiered | 1948, April 9th |
| Type | Rhapsody |
| Catalogue | Op. 24 |
| Instruments |
Voice
Orchestra |
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