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An American Song

An American Song is a collage that portrays the motto e pluribus unum by combining several dozen American tunes into a single whole. Fragments of hymns, spirituals, show tunes, jazz standards, country and western ballads, folk songs, and classical compositions are set into the collage like thin, translucent glazes, producing a musical surface that evokes the greatness and the struggle inherent in the American identity, at times clearly and at times dimly, through a haze of memory and association.

Details

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Publisher Code: M051659999
Publication Date: 12/2001
Credits: Alan Fletcher
Length: 12.00 in.
Width: 9.00 in.
Series: Windependence Artist Level
Format: Score and Parts
Voicing: Score & Parts
Band Grade: 5

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