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American Mavericks
July 4, 2005
Why is American music so unique?
Is it the influences of many immigrant cultures? Is it the need to define a music all our own that stands apart? Is it some special ‘American’ spirit that simply won’t conform to accepted tastes and norms?
In a word, yes, but to find out the how, the why, and the who, visit National Public Radio’s American Mavericks. Hosted by Suzanne Vega and featuring the San Francisco Symphony, the programs cover a large piece of the crazy quilt of American music with performances, rare interviews, and video clips.
Happy Fourth of July!
An American alphabet of other recommended listening
- John Adams Century Rolls
- American Classics Sampler
- Patricia Barber Night Club
- Samuel Barber Essays for Orchestra
- Copland: Music of America
- Paul Dresher Dark Blue Circumstance
- Duke Ellington The River
- Ellen Fullman Change of Direction
- George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F
- Herbie Hancock Headhunters
- Lou Harrison: A Portrait
- Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries
- Ives: An American Journey
- Scott Joplin Treemonisha
- Aaron Jay Kernis Colored Field
- Paul Lansky notjustmoreidlechatter
- Ingram Marshall Fog Tropes
- Pauline Oliveros Deep Listening
- Russell Peck The Upward Stream
- Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
- John Philip Sousa Liberty Bell March
- William Grant Still Out of the Silence
- Joan Tower Sequoia
- Vladimir Ussachevsky Of Wood and Brass
- Lois V. Vierk Red Shift IV
- George Walker Lyric for Strings
- Pamela Z A Delay is Better
- Ellen Taafe Zwilich Concerto Grosso 1985
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