This is America's Music

Orchestral parts related to the opera Tabasco by G.W. Chadwick

Don Gillis presents "a musical heritage that is as rich and full and all-encompassing as the world has yet seen", believing that from "the outpourings of Americans has come music that is worthy, is great and necessary".

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Chadwick, Cesana, Barlow, Copland, Ellington, Thompson, Griffes, Siegmeister

In the series premiere of This is America's Music, a WNYC announcer introduces composer Don Gillis as the host of the program. Gillis explains the intent of the "we point with pride" ...
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