America, an Epic Rhapsody
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America, an Epic Rhapsody
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America, an Epic Rhapsody is an orchestral work composed between 1926 and 1927 by Swiss-born Ernest Bloch, as a tribute to the country to which he had emigrated in 1916. The work consists of three movements, covering the history of the United States and entitled '1620', '1861-1865' and '1926'. It was first performed in New York. According to Bloch, the idea for America first came to him as he arrived in the United States in 1916. This idea reoccurred to him as he studied some works of Walt Whitm
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Orchestral work composed by Ernest Bloch
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2023-07-02T07:13:45Z
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