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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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