Classics Interpeted
by vaisvil
- 01. Star Spangled Banner (MS2000 Version) 2:34
- 02. Coventry Carol 2:13
- 03. Berceuse by Chopin Op. 57 midi recorded by Ron Lubetsky, M.D. 4:00
- 04. Simple Gifts 1:05
- 05. Preparing for the Recital 3:40
- 06. K030 12 equal 3-piece band 4:16
- 07. Agnus dei & Benedicamus domino & Deo gracias Anglia 4:00
- 08. Vale of Dreams by Charles Griffes 3:36
- 09. Variation on Richard's Movement 7 2:15
- 10. Carmina Burana for Piano 25:24
- 11. The Cage (Jazz Interation 4) 2:18
- 12. The Cage 0:38
- 13. Fine Knacks for Ladies (anonymous) 1:53
- 14. Star Spangled Banner (MS2000 Version) 2:34
- 15. Coventry Carol 2:13
- 16. Berceuse by Chopin Op. 57 midi recorded by Ron Lubetsky, M.D. 4:00
- 17. Mozart Sonata No. 11 in A Major K311 in meantone tuning 14:19
- 18. Mozart Piano Sonata 11 in A Major (K 331) 14:19
- 19. Simple Gifts 1:05
- 20. Preparing for the Recital 3:40
- 21. K030 12 equal 3-piece band 4:16
- 22. Agnus dei & Benedicamus domino & Deo gracias Anglia 4:00
- 23. Vale of Dreams by Charles Griffes 3:36
- 24. Variation on Richard's Movement 7 2:15
- 25. Carmina Burana for Piano 25:24
- 26. The Cage (Jazz Interation 4) 2:18
- 27. The Cage 0:38
- 28. Fine Knacks for Ladies (anonymous) 1:53
- 29. allegretto by kohler with variations by Vaisvil 2:21
- 30. "Moonlight" Sonata movement 1, Orchestrated 5:54
- 31. if ELP played Toccata 3 in C# minor by Debussy 3:35
- 32. Simple Gifts (w/ Bethan) 1:07
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Star Spangled Banner (MS2000 Version)
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“The Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from “Defence of Fort McHenry”,[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men’s social club in London. “The Anacreontic Song” (or “To Anacreon in Heaven”), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key’s poem and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner”, it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth (“O! thus be it ever when free men shall stand…”) added on more formal occasions.[citation needed] The fourth stanza includes the line “And this be our motto: In God is our Trust.”.[2] The United States adopted “In God We Trust” as its national motto in 1956.
“The Star-Spangled Banner” was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.
Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. “Hail, Columbia” served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. “My Country, ’Tis of Thee”, whose melody is identical to the British national anthem,[3] also served as a de facto anthem before the adoption of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”[4] Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs would emerge to compete for popularity at public events, among them “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
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