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70 New Ways To Think About America The Beautiful

Ari Shapiro, Mallory Yu More than 100 years ago, a poem by Katharine Lee Bates was put to music by Samuel Ward, and the resulting song has become one of the United States most recognizable patriotic hymns, America the Beautiful. Looking at how the country has evolved and changed over the last century, the pianist Min Kwon wondered what it would sound like if this traditional tune evolved and changed as well. So, she invited more than 70 composers to write variations for solo piano based on a theme of America the Beautiful. The result is a new project, America/Beautiful, she s releasing on July 4.

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More than 100 years ago, a poem by Katharine Lee Bates was put to music by Samuel Ward, and the resulting song has become one of the United States most recognizable patriotic hymns, America the Beautiful. Looking at how the country has evolved and changed over the last century, the pianist Min Kwon wondered what it would sound like if this traditional tune evolved and changed as well. So, she invited more than 70 composers to write variations for solo piano based on a theme of America the.Read More

Rutgers professor commissions 75 composers to create new renditions of America the Beautiful

Rutgers professor commissions 75 composers to create new renditions of ‘America the Beautiful’ News 12 Staff Updated on: Jul 02, 2021, 1:07am ‘America the Beautiful’ may be one of the most famous songs in the United States. But few knew just how many different ways it could sound, until a New Jersey musician asked composers across the country to create their own renditions. Classical pianist Min Kwon says that she discovered that interpretations of America the Beautiful are as diverse as the country itself. “Estonia, Germany, Pakistani, I can go on and on,” Kwon says. These are just some of the ethnic backgrounds of the 75 composers who Kwon commissioned to create their own variation of the song. It was an idea that came to Kwon as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country.

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