Composers Datebook for April 13, 2019 - Gould at West Point

Morton Gould’s ‘West Point Symphony’ premiered on this date in 1952 to celebrate the famous military academy’s sesquicentennial. Of all the pieces written in honor of this event, his is probably the best-known.
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