Samuel A. Ward: Purple Mountain Majesty (America, The Beautiful)

Beskrivning

Purple Mountain Majesty is an arrangement of Samuel Augustus Ward's beloved patriotic anthem America, the Beautiful. While the band arrangement by Carmen Dragon remains a classic in its own right, this setting is designed to provide younger bands with a more technically accessible yet still harmonically interesting version. The woodwind exposures surrounding the original melodic material are intended to place the piece in a more pastoral environment, hence the title.