Fletcher, Alan - An American Song (Symphonic Band Full score)
Instrumentation: Symphonic Band (full score)
ISMN: 9790051659968
Catalogue Code: BHI 6101992
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc.
Series: Windependence
Artist Level
This inspired wind ensemble composition won the West Point Composition Contest to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States Military Academy. The composer writes: "The music is painted in the simple glowing colors of American singing. Layering onto the score in a series of thin translucent glazes. The rhythms and meters float subtly free, placed so that coincidence makes for happy accidents. This is an American process of free association."