Poem for American Acrimony | Opus 08

by Charles Brown, III

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1.	I. Amiracle 04:49		buy track
2.	II. Polijabber 04:33		buy track
3.	III. Despondancy 07:36		buy track
4.	IV. Harryocracy 02:25		buy track
5.	V. Americrimony 07:50		buy track
6.	VI. Amerispirit 11:29		buy track
7.	Informance 12:07	info	buy track

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Poem for American Acrimony is a Symphonic Poem, more commonly referred to as a Tone Poem. This medium of music composition was first explored by Franz Liszt in his landmark poem, Les Préludes. Later this form was further developed by Richard Strauss, Bedřich Smetana, Edgard Varèse, and William Schumann.

A Tone Poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually performed as a single, continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a literary poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source. Thus, this is “program music” which relies on external non-musical information for accurate interpretaion by the listener. The non-musical source of inspiration for these musical themes and ideas is the current state of intense acrimony in American society. This “American Acrimony” colors almost every aspect of our very existence as U.S. citizens.

The work is divided into six themes, or movements, which are performed without pause.

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Soprano
Narrator
2 Flutes + Piccolo
2 Oboes
2 Bb Clarinets
2 Bassoons
4 Horns
2 Trumpets
2 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Marimba, Xylphone, & various non-pitched percussion
Strings

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released May 15, 2020

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Charles Brown, III Chicago, Illinois

I am a 21st Century Music Composer living and working in Greater Nashville.

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