4th of July pianism

[Rach3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YifJ5zLyEEE ( Horowitz, “Star Spangled Banner”, “Stars and Stripes Forever ”, 1945 live , Carnegie )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIDEPnZfG-w ( Laurent Wagschal, Godowsky’s version )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFC-K2IlIU4 (Rachmaninoff playing his version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo4Zel85Rn8 (Cliburn at Rangers game,1994, Arlington,TX )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33mk-hgA1mI (Gould mashup, 1955)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZCbEVj7HXw ( Jeannette Fang playing an 1861 version by one Cull )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCTl8U5bk0 (Gottschalk’s “The Union” with 8 pianos )

[barney]

Thanks Steve for a fascinating compilation. If there was ever a more pointless extravaganza than the Gottschalk, I can't imagine what it would be - eight great pianists wasting their time in my view. Horowitz, of course is legendary. I also found the Van Cliburn fascinating - it's the sort of brash patriotism that Australians find uncomfortable - we prefer our nationalism more restrained. But the baseball players could have been Australian: chewing gum, looking dully at the camera and generally seeming very uninterested.

[maestrob]

Oh, that was fun!

The Horowitz is an old favorite!