Randall Thompson
Americana (Choral Works By)
Choral music has always held and continues to hold a prominent position in American musical life. The three works presented here take their place in a tradition that stretches back to the Puritan Fathers. The title composition, Americana, is one of the most popular works of Randall Thompson, America's finest and most-performed composer of choral music. In a prefatory note in the score the composer commented:
The [five] different parts of the work are satirical and, at moments, mirth-provoking, …