Here’s a little bit of what I’ll be listening to on this Fourth of July. I’m trying to decide what, if any, American opera selection (other than “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”) I might put on the list. (And yes–Porgy and Bess is an opera.)
UPDATE: My American opera for today is Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.
- Walter Piston – Symphony No.6: Allegro energico
- Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five – “Hotter than That”
- Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – “Black Bottom Stomp”
- Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, and Bela Fleck – “Old Tyme”
- Charles Ives – “Holiday” Symphony: “The Fourth of July”
- William Schuman – Symphony No.10 (“American Muse”): Con fuoco
- Robert Ward – Jubilation Overture
- Max Liebling – Fantasia on Sousa Themes
- Douglas Moore – The Pageant of P.T. Barnum: “Jenny Lind”
- John Alden Carpenter – Scenes in a Perambulator: “En voiture!”
- Ferde Grofe – Mississippi Suite: “Father of Waters”
- Duke Ellington – The River Suite: “Lake”
- Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - “Ko-Ko”
- Charlie Parker Quintet – “Ko-Ko”
- Coleman Hawkins Quartet – “The Man I Love”
- Ella Fitzgerald – “The Man I Love”
- Miles Davis – “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
- Ray Charles and Cleo Laine – “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
- Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys – “Little Cabin Home on the Hill”
- Roy Harris – String Quartet No.3: Fugue IV
- Stephen Foster – Songs
- Samuel Barber – Hermit Songs
- Aaron Copland – Piano Quartet: Adagio serio
- Irving Fine – Symphony 1962: Intrada
- William Bolcom – Violin Sonata No.2: Summer Dreams
- Elmer Bernstein – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Jerry Goldsmith – The Blue Max: Main Title
- John Williams – Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
1 Comment
July 9, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Bob, thanks again for that Piston recording. Brilliant. Reminds me of some great Holst and Grainger band music.
Also, for the record, Armstrong’s Hot Five/Seven recordings are some of my favorite music on the planet. Dad used to play those when I was growing up, and they’ve never left me. Thanks for sharing this list.