An American Song

Description

• Composer: Alan Fletcher
• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5)
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 timesclearly and at times dimly, through a haze of memory and association.