Three Patriotic Songs
2009
Composer:
Melissa Dunphy
Librettist:
Katharine Lee Bates, John Philip Sousa, Lee Greenwood
Composer website:
https://www.melissadunphy.com/compositions.php
Performance forces:
c.ten — 2fl(2nd also picc), harpsichord
Length:
0:08
Languages:
Notes:
Ironic neo-baroque arrangements of “America,” “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and “God Bless the USA” for countertenor, flutes, and harpsichord. Created for the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival as an accompaniment to the Gonzales Cantata.