America! A Celebration of Freedom from our Nation's Finest

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Album Summary

Performer

• U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants

Ensembles

• United States Air Force Band
• United States Air Force Singing Sergeants

Composers

• Samuel A. Ward (1847 - 1903)
• Don Raye (1909 - 1985)
• William Steffe (circa 1830 - 1890)
• Woody Guthrie (1912 - 1967)
• Morton Gould (Composer/Conductor) (1913 - 1996)
• George M. Cohan (1878 - 1942)
• Henry Baker (1835 - 1910)
• John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Robert Shaw / Robert Russell Bennett
• John Stafford Smith (1750 - 1836)

Notes & Reviews:

Includes armed forces medley for orchestra by various composers.

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Works Details

Guthrie, Woody : This Land Is Your Land

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: Arranged: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sousa, John Philip : Stars and Stripes Forever

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Band
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ward, Samuel Augustus : America the Beautiful

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Band
• Notes: Arranged: Carmen Dragon
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1895
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gould, Morton : American Salute

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Band
• Notes: Arranged: Philip Lang
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berlin, Irving : Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, song (from "Miss Liberty")

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: Arranged: Roy Ringwald
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1949
• Studio/Live: Studio

Raye, Don : This Is My Country

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: Arranged: Robert Walters and Floyd E. Werlé
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1940
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cohan, George M. : George M Cohan Medley

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Robert Shaw / Robert Russ : Revolutionary Etude, for chorus & band (after W. Billings)

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Robert Shaw.
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Robert Shaw / Robert Russ : Northern Lights, for choir & band

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Robert Shaw.
• Running Time: 8 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Steffe, William : Battle Hymn of the Republic

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Notes: Arranged: Floyd E. Werlé and Michael Davis
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1862
• Studio/Live: Studio

Baker, Henry : The Air Force Medley, for chorus & band

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Band
• Notes: Arranged: Floyd E. Werlé
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Studio/Live: Studio

Smith, John Stafford : The Star-spangled Banner

• Performer: U.S. Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants
• Ensemble: United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
• Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1799
• Studio/Live: Studio