Old American Dances

Album by Robert Russell Bennett & Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra & Clark Rundell & Mark Heron

Old American Dances is a suite for concert band by American composer Robert Russell Bennett, composed in 1949. The work draws on early American dance forms, including march, cakewalk and ragtime rhythms, presented in Bennett's richly scored wind writing and occupying a place in mid-20th-century concert-band repertoire as a link between popular dance idioms and serious ensemble literature.

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  1. 1.
    Suite of Old American Dances: 1. Cakewalk
    3:48
  2. 2.
    Suite of Old American Dances: 2. Schottische
    2:32
  3. 3.
    Suite of Old American Dances: 3. Western One-Step
    3:11
  4. 4.
    Suite of Old American Dances: 4. Wallflower Waltz
    3:41
  5. 5.
    Suite of Old American Dances: 5. Rag
    3:38
  6. 6.
    Down to the Sea in Ships: I. The Way of the Ship
    3:32
  7. 7.
    Down to the Sea in Ships: II. Mists and Mystery
    2:43
  8. 8.
    Down to the Sea in Ships: III. Songs in the Salty Air
    2:42
  9. 9.
    Down to the Sea in Ships: IV. Waltz of the Clipper Ships
    2:14
  10. 10.
    Down to the Sea in Ships: V. Finale, Introducing the S.S. Eagle
    2:57
  11. 11.
    Four Preludes for Band: I. George
    2:30
  12. 12.
    Four Preludes for Band: II. Vincent
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Four Preludes for Band: III. Cole
    3:02
  14. 14.
    Four Preludes for Band: IV. Jerome
    3:02
  15. 15.
    Symphonic Songs for Band: I. Serenade
    4:35
  16. 16.
    Symphonic Songs for Band: II. Spiritual
    5:06
  17. 17.
    Symphonic Songs for Band: III. Celebration
    4:35
  18. 18.
    Autobiography, Part One: I. 1894 - Cherry Street
    2:09
  19. 19.
    Autobiography, Part One: II. 1899 - South Omaha
    1:55
  20. 20.
    Autobiography, Part One: III. 1900 - Corn, Cows, and Music
    1:40
  21. 21.
    Autobiography, Part Two: IV. 1916 - MO to NY
    2:22
  22. 22.
    Autobiography, Part Two: V. 1919 - The Merrill Miracle
    1:50
  23. 23.
    Autobiography, Part Two: VI. 1926 - A Parisian in Paris
    1:48
  24. 24.
    Autobiography, Part Two: VII. 1935 - What Was the Question?
    1:56

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