When asked to define a masterpiece in music Stravinsky chose Ives' Decoration Day, a tone poem that Ives later made the second movement of his Holidays Symphony. The remaining movements also celebrate key American holidays with characteristic verve.
1 A Symphony - New England Holidays, Holidays Symphony: II. Decoration Day (Ed. J.B. Sinclair)
2 The General Slocum (Realization By D.G. Porter)
3 Overture in G minor (Realization By D.G. Porter)
4 A Symphony - New England Holidays, Holidays Symphony: III. the Fourth of July (Realization By W.D. Shirley)
5 Yale-Princeton Football Game (Realization By J.B. Sinclair)
6 Postlude in F Major (Ed. K. Singleton)
7 A Symphony - New England Holidays, Holidays Symphony: IV. Thanksgiving Day (Ed. J. Elkus)
When asked to define a masterpiece in music Stravinsky chose Ives' Decoration Day, a tone poem that Ives later made the second movement of his Holidays Symphony. The remaining movements also celebrate key American holidays with characteristic verve.
