in 1937
The diverse racial and cultural mix of North America is reflected in the music of two very different composers: George Gershwin and Charles Ives.
Gershwin brings Afro-American influence – jazz (blues, ragtime), music theatre and popular song into the (sometimes) staid world of the concert hall…
Allegro (alla breve) 00:31
Adagio – Andante con moto 12:23
Allegro agitato 27:26
… Ives brings occasional spirituals, frequent hymn tunes and patriotic songs and a sense of experimentation, of being a musical frontiersman:
Score
(Housatonic at Stockbridge only)
00:11 The “St. Gaudens” in Boston Common
08:39 Putnam’s Camp, Redding Connecticut
15:09 The Housatonic at Stockbridge
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