Gordon: Campaign Songs / Kronos Quartet
Details
- Composer
- Various
- Artist
- Michael Gordon
- Format
- Vinyl
- Label
- Cantaloupe Music
- Released
- Oct 06, 2023
- Catalog #
- CA21187
- UPC
- 713746318710
About
Premiered online between October and November 2020, Campaign Songs is a collaboration with Kronos Quartet intended to galvanize voter turnout in the upcoming election. Recorded in isolation by each member of the Quartet, the eight short pieces that comprise Campaign Songs were accompanied by specially-made video works touching on racial, climate, and economic justice issues. The pieces, arranged by Michael Gordon, draw from the canon of American patriotic, political, and folk music, including Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” “God Bless America,” (a campaign song for both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his 1940 opponent Wendell Willkie), “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” (a campaign song for James A. Garfield), “America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” (Limited edition 7-inch vinyl)
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 The Star Spangled Banner (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 00:47
- Track
- 1
- Title
- The Star Spangled Banner (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 00:47
- Composer
- John Stafford Smith
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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2 America the Beautiful (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 01:04
- Track
- 2
- Title
- America the Beautiful (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 01:04
- Composer
- Samuel A. Ward
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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3 God Bless America (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 01:06
- Track
- 3
- Title
- God Bless America (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Irving Berlin
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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4 Taps (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 01:01
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Taps (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 01:01
- Composer
- Daniel Adams Butterfield
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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5 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 01:01
- Track
- 5
- Title
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 01:01
- Composer
- Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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6 This Land is Your Land (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 01:05
- Track
- 6
- Title
- This Land is Your Land (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 01:05
- Composer
- Woody Guthrie
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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7 Dixie (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 00:57
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Dixie (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 00:57
- Composer
- Daniel Decatur Emmett
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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8 Which Side Are You On? (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet) 00:57
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Which Side Are You On? (arr. M. Gordon for string quartet)
- Duration
- 00:57
- Composer
- Florence Reece
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet