(1997)
Composed as a prelude to the opera Jackie O (1995-97), Jackie's Song is an elegaic and expressive song without words in which Daugherty imagines Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) as a solitary and melancholy figure after the assassination of her first husband, John F. Kennedy, in 1963. Duration - ca. 7:00
Composed as a prelude to the opera Jackie O (1995-97), Jackie's Song is an elegaic and expressive song without words in which Daugherty imagines Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) as a solitary and melancholy figure after the assassination of her first husband, John F. Kennedy, in 1963. Duration - ca. 7:00