Make Our Garden Grow

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"Make Our Garden Grow" is the rousing final ensemble from Leonard Bernstein’s operetta *Candide*, celebrated for its hopeful affirmation of building a better world through humble, collective effort.

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instanceOf ensemble finale
musical composition
associatedComposerWork Candide Overture (same operetta)
linked to: Overture to Candide
associatedPhilosophy cultivating one’s own garden
optimism tempered by realism
basedOn Candide by Voltaire
linked to: Candide
centuryOfComposition 20th century
composer Leonard Bernstein
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPerformanceWork Candide
linked to: Overture to Candide
genre operetta music
language English
lyricist Richard Wilbur
movementType ensemble
notableFor philosophical conclusion of Candide
rousing choral writing
partOf Candide
linked to: Overture to Candide
performanceContext often performed in concert without the full operetta
positionInWork finale
textSource adaptation of Voltaire’s ideas by Richard Wilbur
theme building a better world
collective effort
hope
humility
tonalCharacteristic lyrical
triumphant
vocalForces chorus
soloists
workContext closing number of Candide

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Candide notableNumber Make Our Garden Grow