Three Patriotic Songs

2009

Composer:
Melissa Dunphy

Librettist:
Katharine Lee Bates, John Philip Sousa, Lee Greenwood

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.