Michael Tippett (1905-1998) wrote his Oratorio: A Child of our Time in 1941. Part I deals with the general state of oppression in our time. Part II presents the particular story of a young man’s attempt to seek Justice by violence and its catastrophic consequences. Part III considers the moral to be drawn, if any.This piece is most widely-known for its adoption of the African-American “Spiritual’ in much the same way as Bach used the Chorale