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DANCE IN A WHITE BAY
(1996)
(A Symphonic Ode to the Ship and
Crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald)
"Dance in
a white bay" is a 12 minute, single movement,
symphonic work which commemorates the ship and crew of
the Edmund Fitzgerald - a great lakes ore freighter
which sank in Lake Superior during a November storm
in 1975, taking all 29 of her crew to
an icy grave. The work was premiered by the
University of Akron Symphony Orchestra (Harry
Davidson, conductor) on Thursday, May 1, 1997 in
Guzzetta Hall.
Instrumentation is
2222/4331/timp/3percussionists/strings
The
mp3 excerpt is taken from the closing
minutes of the work and features the
University
of Akron Symphony Orchestra (Harry
Davidson, conducting)
The Edmund Fitzgerald is pictured below:
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