I have now decided on subtitles for all movements of the Second Symphony (Subject to change.)
- Maine: Light, Hope
- New Hampshire: White Mountains
- Vermont: Green Mountains
- Massachusetts: Welcome to America
- Rhode Island: Roger Williams and the Narragansetts
- Connecticut: Crimson vs. Bulldogs
- New York: Tesla vs. Edison
- New Jersey: A Garden!
- Pennsylvania: Franklin's Fugue
- Delaware: Gallus gallus domesticus (The Blue Hen)
- Maryland: Lord Baltimore's Banner
- Washington, DC: American Pantheon
- Virginia: Enter Appalachia
- West Virginia: Ursus americanus
- Kentucky: Poa pratensis
- Tennessee: Oak Ridge Prophecy
- North Carolina: Pinus palustris
- South Carolina: Sabal palmetto
- Georgia: A City Grows in the Forest
- Alabama: The Original Mardi Gras
- Florida: Eudocimus albus
- Puerto Rico: El viejo castillo
- Louisiana: Where the Sun Rises in the West
- Mississippi: The Old Shape Note Baptist Church
- Arkansas: In the Valley of Walmart
- Missouri: Gateway Imperial March
- Iowa: An Old Dilapidated Schoolhouse (with Quarter Tones)
- Illinois: Polka Dragged through the Garden
- Indiana: A Lonely Barn in Winter
- Ohio: The Polka Strikes Back
- Michigan: Maqâm Basta Nikâr (for Fuller)
- Wisconsin: The Frozen Tundra (The Day the Cowboys Lost)
- Minnesota: Rhapsodie norvégienne
- North Dakota: Alces alces
- South Dakota: American Pantheon II
- Montana: Ursus arctos horribilis
- Wyoming: 63 Minutes
- Colorado: Tesla at Pikes Peak
- Nebraska: Thunder over Zea mays
- Kansas: Helianthus annuus (Is the Highest Point)
- Oklahoma: Original Americans
- 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.
- New Mexico: Route 66 Fugue (with 19-Tone Rows)
- Arizona: A Lonely Carnegiea gigantea in Summer
- Nevada: The Road to No Man's Land (for Partch)
- Utah: This Is the Place
- Idaho: Almost There... (for Knievel)
- Oregon: Another Portland
- Washington: Emerald City
- Alaska: Hell Freezes Over
- Hawaii: The Gates of Hell are in Paradise
- 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).
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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