OT: Happy 4th of July

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[Centerstream]

It's Independence Day

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Bigboote]

Here’s a creative version of Paul Simon’s “America”

 

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Here's an extraordinary piece by Charles Ives called "The Fourth of July," part of his symphonic piece called "New England Holiday Symphony." It's said to depict the excitement a young boy feels on the Fourth. (As an aside, Ives was a proud son of Danbury, Connecticut, and was probably the greatest insurance man in our nation's history.)

According to Wikipedia, this five-minute piece references the following works:

"...quotations that can be found within The Fourth of July are "Yankee Doodle", "Dixie", "Battle Cry of Freedom", Henry Clay Work's "Marching Through Georgia", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "Sailor's Hornpipe", "Battle Cry of Freedom", The White Cockade, "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!"， "The Girl I Left Behind Me", “Hail, Columbia", "Garryowen", "The Irish Washerwoman", "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", John Stafford Smith's "The Star-Spangled Banner" Vincenzo Bellini's Katty Darling (a contrafact on Bellini’s Vaga Luna) and Henry Clay Work's Kingdom Coming."

 

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Happy 4th of July and it's 250th birthday. May she reign for another 250 years.

 

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Here’s a creative version of Paul Simon’s “America”

Thanks for posting this. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Yes. I'll have to throw that on the playlist for a while.