Symphony no. 2 /

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American festival.

Table of Contents: “…Overture to Candide / Leonard Bernstein (4:27) -- Newsreel / William Schuman (7:06) -- The unanswered question / Charles Ives (5:39) -- If--then / Roger Ruggeri (3:30) -- Fanfare for the common man (3:52) ; Variations on a Shaker melody : from the ballet Appalachian spring (3:30) / Aaron Copland -- Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (9:44) -- Saturday night at the firehouse / Henry Cowell (5:03) -- The circus band march / Charles Ives (2:05).…”

Variations on America / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965, Ives, Charles, 1874-1954, Paulus, Stephen, Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

Table of Contents: “…Preamble (for a solemn occasion) / Aaron Copland (5:38) -- Variations on "America" : S 140 (8:57) ; Adeste fidelis : S 131 (4:15) ; Fugue, S 136 (5:09) ; Fugue, S 135 (3:36) / Charles Ives -- Hymn and fuguing tune : no. 14 / Henry Cowell (7:22) -- Reverie / William Grant Still (4:44) -- Prelude and fugue (8:23) ; Wondrous love : op. 34 (8:30) / Samuel Barber -- Triptych / Stephen Paulus (14:40).…”
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The romantic approach : a special collection of 20th century American music.

Table of Contents: “…Quiet city / Aaron Copland (8:41) -- Lonely town (Pas de deux) from On the town: three dance episodes / Leonard Bernstein (3:22) -- Hymn from Hymn and fuguing tune no. 2 / Henry Cowell (2:38) -- Elegy / Elliott Carter (4:12) -- Adagio from String quartet / Samuel Barber (7:18) -- Dream / John Cage (7:25) -- Lullaby / George Gershwin (7:10) -- A night piece / Arthur Foote (7:56) -- 3rd movement from Quartet for violin, clarinet, cello and piano / Peter Schickele (4:43) -- Village of the virgins from "Suite from The river" / Duke Ellington (4:17) -- Painted desert from Grande Canyon suite / Ferde Grofé (5:25) -- The unanswered question from Two contemplations / Charles Ives (5:43).…”
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The G. Schirmer piano collection : 33 works by 25 Composers from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Table of Contents: “…January 3, 2008 (from Winging it) / John Corigliano -- Ostinato (No. 2 from Set of four) / Henry Cowell -- Prelude, no. 1 / Avner Dorman -- Suite for piano / Norman Dello Joio -- Barcarola Latinoamericana / Gabriela Lena Frank -- The white peacock, op. 7, no. 1 (from Roman sketches) / Charles Griffes -- Gatsby Etudes (from The great Gatsby) / John Harbison -- Nocturne / Lee Hoiby -- Four preludes, op. 5 / Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Three preludes / Kent Kennan -- Toccata / Aram Khachaturian -- Six preludes, op. 6 / Robert Muczynski -- Prelude, op. 12, no. 7 ; Suggestion diabolique, op. 4, no. 4 / Sergei Prokofiev -- Three-score set / William Schuman -- Three fantastic dances, op. 5 / Dmitri Shostakovich -- Selections from Eight memories in watercolor, op. 1. …”

The G. Schirmer violin anthology : 24 works from the 20th and 21st centuries : a variety of approachable music for the advanced player.