Today is National Aviation Day. August 19th marks the birth of Orville Wright.
The Wright brothers pioneered aviation in the United States and Orville Wright was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. The successful flight took place on December 17, 1903.
Here are a few works composed with an aviation-inspiration:
Marc Blitzstein - "Airborne" Symphony
Scored for narrator, vocal soloists, male chorus, and orchestra, the "Airborne" symphony explores the history of human flight. Following Blitzstein's tenure in the U.S. Air Force, he was commissioned to compose the score to a film about the history of aviation.
learn more here & view the score here
John Mackey - Turbine
"I'm afraid of flying. This piece was my way of dealing with that.
The first three minutes are rough, grinding, and tense..."
learn more here
Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 16 "Aviation"
This symphony was inspired by the crash of the Maxim Gorky, a large Soviet plane. It premiered on Oct. 24 1936 in Moscow. Excerpt below:
The Wright brothers pioneered aviation in the United States and Orville Wright was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. The successful flight took place on December 17, 1903.
Here are a few works composed with an aviation-inspiration:
Marc Blitzstein - "Airborne" Symphony
Scored for narrator, vocal soloists, male chorus, and orchestra, the "Airborne" symphony explores the history of human flight. Following Blitzstein's tenure in the U.S. Air Force, he was commissioned to compose the score to a film about the history of aviation.
learn more here & view the score here
John Mackey - Turbine
"I'm afraid of flying. This piece was my way of dealing with that.
The first three minutes are rough, grinding, and tense..."
learn more here
Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 16 "Aviation"
This symphony was inspired by the crash of the Maxim Gorky, a large Soviet plane. It premiered on Oct. 24 1936 in Moscow. Excerpt below:
