In the spirit of Americana, the bounty of the land, and the fruits of honest labor, here's the Simple Gifts portion of Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring, and some cozy flemish art to look at. The folk dance Simple Gifts is originally a Shaker tune from early America.
ALSO...in the vein of old Appalachia/Americana, my favorite female acapella quartet Anonymous 4- queens of Medieval and Gregorian chant (who did two Albums of old Appalachian/American songs) are coming to Minneapolis on Wednesday December 9th to do an "exclusive" performance at the Basilica of St. Mary downtown. OMG!!! Details are here though I can't find the ticket price.
Happy Thanks-Taking! Now go gorge yourself then hit up all the sales!
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Anonymous 4 are badassssssss... I thought they had retired or something, though, good to see they are still giving concerts.
And thank god we have Copland to listen to and not the John Williams bastardized quote used for that inauguration composition. No offense to anyone who liked that, I just wasn't a huge fan.
ha ha! Yeah, I got a little choked up during the inauguration piece, but was simultaneously irritated at the intentional manipulation of my emotions for political purposes ;)
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