Chris and Sridhar celebrate the Fourth of July by asking: what makes American music American? They discuss 19th century American music, jazz as the quintessential American art form, George Gershwin, the universality of West Side Story, Dvořák in the New World, the American landscape reflected in its music, California as the creative capital of the world, and (regrettably) John Philip S***a.
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Leonard Bernstein: What is American Music?
Ken Burns: Jazz
George "Jazz in a Tux" Gershwin
Nadia Boulanger: teacher extraordinaire
Gershwin plays his Three Preludes
LA Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel: Gershwin's Cuban Overture & An American in Paris
Leonard Bernstein plays & conducts Rhapsody in Blue
West Side Story synopsis
West Side Story lyrics
West Side Story movie on Amazon
Officer Krupke
America
Pyramus and Thisbe
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore from Rigoletto
Benjamin Britten: Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes
Jerry Robbins behind the scenes of West Side Story
The Making of West Side Story documentary
Antonín Dvořák
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Paul Robeson: Going Home
Aaron Copland
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland: Duo for Flute & Piano
Ken Burns: The National Parks - America's Best Idea
Grizzly Man soundtrack
Beef: It's What's For Dinner
Copland: Piano Variations
Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed
Arnold Schoenberg's Los Angeles
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