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american classical

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American classical encompasses concert music composed in the United States from the late 19th century onward, blending European compositional traditions with distinctly American influences like folk melodies, jazz harmonies, and experimental innovation. The sound ranges from pastoral and populist works evoking the American landscape to avant-garde pieces exploring new techniques and structures. This tradition reflects America's cultural diversity and pioneering spirit through sophisticated orchestral, chamber, and solo works.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
15		1913	Victor Herbert	HERBERT, V.: Beloved Songs and Classic Miniatures		late romantic # 43
27		1940	Morton Gould	GOULD: Fall River Legend / Jekyll and Hyde Variations	american classical
54		1947	Ernest Bloch	BLOCH: Poems of the Sea / Nirvana / In the Night / Enfantines	american classical
55		1952	Edward MacDowell	MACDOWELL: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Witches' Dance	american classical classical
88		1956	Charles Ives	IVES: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2	american classical string quartet	string quartet # 65
63		1957	Meredith Willson	WILLSON, M.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
77		1960	Henry Cowell	COWELL: Homage to Iran / Piano Pieces / Set of Five / Six Casual Developments / Two Songs	american classical
87		1963	Charles Ives	Symphony No. 2 (New York Philharmonic feat. conductor: Leonard Bernstein)	american classical
74		1964	Charles Ives	IVES: Symphony No. 1 / Emerson Concerto	american classical contemporary classical
91		1964	Charles Ives	IVES: Symphony No. 3 / Washington's Birthday	american classical classical
58		1969	Arthur Foote	FOOTE: Piano Quintet Op. 38 / String Quartets Opp. 32 and 70	american classical
60		1969	Ernest Bloch	BLOCH: America / Suite Hebraique	american classical contemporary classical
9		1973	John Harbison	HARBISON: Four Songs of Solitude / Variations / Twilight Music	american classical
80		1973	Louis Moreau Gottschalk	GOTTSCHALK: Piano Music	american classical classical piano
40		1975	Edward MacDowell	MACDOWELL: Second Modern Suite / Etude de Concert / 12 Etudes
51		1978	Morton Gould	Composers Conduct Appalachian Spring; The Tender Land: Suite; Fall River Legend	american classical contemporary classical
1		1978	Peter Schickele	Schickele, P.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 / Piano Quintet No. 1
79		1981	Alan Hovhaness	HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 22 / Cello Concerto	american classical classical contemporary classical
59		1982	Charles Wakefield Cadman	CADMAN: Piano Trio in D Major / Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet	american classical
61		1982	Charles Ives	IVES: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4	american classical
47		1983	Arthur Foote	FOOTE: Piano Quartet / String Quartet No. 1	american classical classical late romantic	late romantic # 76
98		1983	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 and 3	american classical
83		1986	Alan Hovhaness	HOVHANESS: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53		symphony # 34
97		1986	Aaron Copland	COPLAND: Prairie Journal / The Red Pony Suite / Letter from Home	american classical classical contemporary classical
4		1988	Charles Wuorinen	Wuorinen: Scherzo - String Quartet No. 1 - Viola Variations - Piano Quintet No. 2	american classical
44		1988	Mark O'Connor	Elysian Forest	american classical americana contemporary classical
71		1988	Charles Wuorinen	WUORINEN: String Sextet / String Quartet No. 2 / Piano Quintet / Divertimento	american classical contemporary classical
62		1991	American Horn Quartet	American Horn Quartet	american classical brass classical	brass # 18
22		1992	Thomas Hampson	American Classics: Stephen Foster/ Charles Tomlinson Griffes / Aaron Copland	american classical
82		1992	Charles Ives	Sonate No. 1/Three-Page Sonata/The Antiabolitionist Riots/Etude No. 20	american classical
53		1993	Joseph Fennimore	Selected Piano Music	american classical classical classical piano piano
8		1994	Kevin Keller	The Mask Of Memory	american classical
32		1994	George Walker	Composer/Pianist	american classical classical piano
81		1994	Samuel Barber	Music of Samuel Barber	american classical
84		1994	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Essay for Orchestra No. 1	american classical contemporary classical
39		1995	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Solo Piano Music	american classical
66		1995	Samuel Barber	Barber: Piano Music	american classical
94		1995	Charles Ives	IVES: Piano Sonata No. 2 / The Celestial Railroad	american classical piano
73		1995	Charles Ives	Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass. 1840"
43		1995-03-28	Mark O'Connor	The Fiddle Concerto	american classical americana contemporary classical
29		1996	Michael Daugherty	Metropolis Symphony	american classical
96		1997	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Piano Concerto / Die Natali / Medea's Meditation	american classical contemporary classical
93		1997	Milton Babbitt	BABBITT, Milton: Around the Horn / None but the Lonely Flute
11		1997-02-01	Amy Beach	Beach: Music for Violin/Viola and Piano	american classical
17		1998	Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra	BPO Live: American Classics	american classical contemporary classical
48		1998	Henry Cowell	Cowell: Piano Music	american classical
69		1998	Mark O'Connor	Midnight on the Water	american classical contemporary classical
86		1998	Amy Beach	BEACH: Piano Concerto / 'Gaelic' Symphony	classical american classical
6		1998-11-21	Leroy Anderson	ANDERSON, Leroy: Classical Juke Box (1947-1950)
5		1999	Charles Martin Loeffler	LOEFFLER: Music for Stringed Instruments / String Quartet	american classical
64		1999	Samuel Barber	The Beauty of Barber	american classical
35		1999-12	Ernest Bloch	BLOCH: Piano Sonata / Visions and Prophecies / Ex-voto / Dans sacree	american classical
46		1999-12	Ernest Bloch	BLOCH: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Suite hebraique	american classical classical contemporary classical
10		2000	Michael Hersch	HERSCH: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Fracta / Arrache	american classical contemporary classical
13		2000	Walter Piston	PISTON: Chamber Music	american classical
41		2000	Yolanda Kondonassis	Music Of Alan Hovhaness	american classical
24		2001	Edward MacDowell	MACDOWELL: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Hamlet and Ophelia	american classical classical late romantic	late romantic # 47
7		2001	Kenji Bunch	Boiling Point: Music of Kenji Bunch	american classical
19		2001	The Esoterics	Barber: Samuel Barber's Collected Choral Works	american classical
38		2001	Erich Wolfgang Korngold	Korngold: Piano Works	american classical
30		2003	Jacob Weinberg	Weinberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / Shabbat Ba'Aretz	jewish
99		2003-02-24	George Gershwin	The Essential George Gershwin	american classical jazz piano
76		2004	Gary Schocker	Flute Forest	american classical flute
2		2005	Various Artists	American Classics: Charles Ives	american classical
42		2005	Latvian National Symphony Orchestra	American Viola Concertos	american classical
65		2005	Illinois State University Wind Symphony	The Legacy of John Barnes Chance	american classical
92		2005	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Canzonetta / Intermezzo	american classical contemporary classical opera
52		2005-05	Peter Boyer	Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America	american classical
85		2006-12	Jennifer Higdon	HIGDON: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions	american classical contemporary classical
90		2008	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Piano Sonata, Op. 26 / Excursions / Souvenirs
25		2009-01-01	Michael Daugherty	Raise The Roof	american classical
56		2011-10-21	Hilary Hahn	Charles Ives: Four Sonatas	american classical classical
26		2012	John Bischoff	John Bischoff: Audio Combine	american classical
72		2012	Mohammed Fairouz	Fairouz: Chamber Works	american classical
3		2013	Elizabeth Brown	Blue Minor	american classical
31		2013	Gordon Getty	Getty: Piano Pieces	american classical
23		2013	Gordon Getty	Getty, G.: Orchestral Music
20		2013-03	Mohammed Fairouz	Fairouz: Native Informant	american classical
37		2013-07	Jennifer Higdon	Higdon: Early Chamber Works	american classical
28		2017	Joanne Polk	Amy Beach - Morning Glories (Vol.5) - Chamber Music	classical
36		2017	Joanne Polk	Amy Beach - Fire Flies	american classical classical
67		2018	George Whitefield Chadwick	CHADWICK: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches	american classical classical late romantic	late romantic # 90
49		2018	George Whitefield Chadwick	Chadwick: Thalia / Melpomene / Euterpe	american classical
95		2019	Charles Ives	IVES: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces / Five Take-Offs / Hallowe'en / Sunrise	america american classical	america # 71
57		2022-04-14	Various Artists	AMERICAN INDIANISTS, Vol. 1		late romantic # 82
45		2022-04-14	Various Artists	AMERICAN INDIANISTS, Vol. 2
75		2023	Various Artists	American Music For Violin & Piano	american classical classical
14			Bill Lepage	Concertos	american classical minimalism piano viola	viola # 58
16			Bill Lepage	Good-bye, Chunky Rice		trombone # 23 ballet # 52
33			Bill Lepage	Good-bye, Chunky Rice - First Drafts and Fragments		ballet # 60
34			Victor Herbert	HERBERT, V.: Columbus Suite / Irish Rhapsody		late romantic # 58
70			Victor Herbert	HERBERT, V.: Babes in Toyland / The Red Mill		late romantic # 91
18			Charles Tomlinson Griffes	GRIFFES: 3 Tone Pictures / De Profundis / Sonata	american classical classical piano
21			Bill Lepage	Sinfonias	american classical piano
50			Walter Piston	PISTON: Symphony No. 4 / Three New England Sketches	american classical contemporary classical
89			Charles Ives	IVES: Symphony No. 2 / Robert Browning Overture	american classical contemporary classical
12			Samuel Barber, Irving Fine, El	American Music For Strings
68			Walter Piston	PISTON: The Incredible Flutist / Fantasy for English Horn, Harph and Strings
78			Howard Hanson	HANSON: Symphony No. 1, 'Nordic' / Merry Mount Suite
100			Amy Beach	Beach: Violin Sonata in A Minor / String Quartet, Op. 89 / Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet / Dreaming

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