04 May 2015

Subtitles of the 52 Movements of Symphony No. 2

I have now decided on subtitles for all movements of the Second Symphony (Subject to change.)
  1. Maine: Light, Hope
  2. New Hampshire: White Mountains
  3. Vermont: Green Mountains
  4. Massachusetts: Welcome to America
  5. Rhode Island: Roger Williams and the Narragansetts
  6. Connecticut: Crimson vs. Bulldogs
  7. New York: Tesla vs. Edison
  8. New Jersey: A Garden!
  9. Pennsylvania: Franklin's Fugue
  10. Delaware: Gallus gallus domesticus (The Blue Hen)
  11. Maryland: Lord Baltimore's Banner
  12. Washington, DC: American Pantheon
  13. Virginia: Enter Appalachia
  14. West Virginia: Ursus americanus
  15. Kentucky: Poa pratensis
  16. Tennessee: Oak Ridge Prophecy
  17. North Carolina: Pinus palustris
  18. South Carolina: Sabal palmetto
  19. Georgia: A City Grows in the Forest
  20. Alabama: The Original Mardi Gras
  21. Florida: Eudocimus albus
  22. Puerto RicoEl viejo castillo
  23. Louisiana: Where the Sun Rises in the West
  24. Mississippi: The Old Shape Note Baptist Church
  25. Arkansas: In the Valley of Walmart
  26. Missouri: Gateway Imperial March
  27. Iowa: An Old Dilapidated Schoolhouse (with Quarter Tones)
  28. Illinois: Polka Dragged through the Garden
  29. Indiana: A Lonely Barn in Winter
  30. Ohio: The Polka Strikes Back
  31. Michigan: Maqâm Basta Nikâr (for Fuller)
  32. Wisconsin: The Frozen Tundra (The Day the Cowboys Lost)
  33. Minnesota: Rhapsodie norvégienne
  34. North Dakota: Alces alces
  35. South Dakota: American Pantheon II
  36. Montana: Ursus arctos horribilis
  37. Wyoming: 63 Minutes
  38. Colorado: Tesla at Pikes Peak
  39. Nebraska: Thunder over Zea mays
  40. KansasHelianthus annuus (Is the Highest Point)
  41. Oklahoma: Original Americans
  42. Texas: A Russian Cosmonaut and a Mexican-American Astronaut on the International Space Station Communicate with Mission Control in Houston; All Contemplate the Earth's Place in the Universe and Ours, and Our Common Destiny. The Prognosis is Not Good.
  43. New Mexico: Route 66 Fugue (with 19-Tone Rows)
  44. Arizona: A Lonely Carnegiea gigantea in Summer
  45. Nevada: The Road to No Man's Land (for Partch)
  46. Utah: This Is the Place
  47. Idaho: Almost There... (for Knievel)
  48. Oregon: Another Portland
  49. Washington: Emerald City
  50. Alaska: Hell Freezes Over
  51. Hawaii: The Gates of Hell are in Paradise
  52. California: The Great Gate of San Francisco
Again, I include Puerto Rico, despite being a territory and not a state, because it has a greater population than 22 states, and because 52 (largest prime: 13) is a rounder number than 51 (largest prime: 17). Obviously, the District of Columbia needs its own movement as well.

The entire work is subtitled "52 American Preludes", and mostly inspired by Mussorgsky (as can be determined by several of the movements).

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