"Everything will pass, and the world will perish
but the Ninth Symphony will remain."
AUTHOR: Ludwig Van Beethoven
"Good art will outlast the generations
and continue to be popular."
COMPOSER
IVES
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY I:
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjIuPiKhsQ
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjIuPiKhsQ
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY II:
DECORATION DAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21PsFsL_Gw
DECORATION DAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21PsFsL_Gw
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY III:
FOURTH OF JULY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
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| Childe Hassam: The Fourth of July, 1916 |
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY IV PART 1:
THANKSGIVING and
FOREFATHERS' DAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
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| Henry A. Bacon: The Landing of the Pilgrims, 1877 |
HOLIDAYS SYMPHONY IV PART 2:
THANKSGIVING and
FOREFATHERS' DAY
Michael Tilson-Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day was the first
movement sketched of the four separate orchestral
movements of "A Symphony: New England
Holidays," and the last to be performed.
Its title refers to two American holidays: the national
Thanksgiving Day, commemorating the first harvest
of the Plymouth Colony,
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| Historic Painting of the Famous First Thanksgiving Feast of the 1621 Harvest Celebration at Plymouth That Included the English Colonists and the Wampanoag Indian shttps://prezi.com/uusulq2lpy4g/plymouth-presentation/ |
and Forefathers' Day, commemorating the
landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620
landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620
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| http://fineartamerica.com/featured/plymouth-rock-1620-granger.html |
and traditionally observed in New England in December.
The design of "Thanksgiving" can be represented as
A-B-A with a very brief introduction and coda.
The B section consists of three versions of
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| George Frederick Root |
hymn "The Shining Shore."
The three variants themselves constitute a small a-b-a,
with soft renditions of the hymn enclosing a more
jagged and louder one. The A section returns, builds
grandly, and culminates with the choir singing the
Thanksgiving hymn "O God, Beneath Thy Guiding
Hand" to the tune called "Duke Street,"
with soft renditions of the hymn enclosing a more
jagged and louder one. The A section returns, builds
grandly, and culminates with the choir singing the
Thanksgiving hymn "O God, Beneath Thy Guiding
Hand" to the tune called "Duke Street,"
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| http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/SH1912/10 |
"God! Beneath thy guiding hand,
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea,
And as they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and praise
they worshipped Thee.
The author of the hymn was
Leonard Bacon,
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea,
And as they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and praise
they worshipped Thee.
The author of the hymn was
Leonard Bacon,
"a Puritan band marching
out of view and hearing,"
out of view and hearing,"
and then the music, full of bells
and chimes, fades into silence.
and chimes, fades into silence.
