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Twilight
of America
Words,
Music: Mark Coppola
Guitar, Vocals: Mark Coppola; Synthesizer: Michael
D'Agostino
Produced by: Michael
D'Agostino at Intuitive Music, New Jersey
© 2000,
Mark Coppola, All Rights Reserved
In
the early 1980's I was watching the fourth of July celebration
in New York City. I was struck by how our celebration of independence
looked like war. Freedom has a high price. The song was written
shortly after that with a rough recording made in 1989. The
recording presented here was produced in 2000.
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The
Brooklyn College Compositions
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Preghiera
di Lutto
Piano: Victor
Bloom; Flute: Linda Heuer; Clarinet: Beth Gayer
© 1981,
Mark Coppola, All Rights Reserved
In
November of 1980, a 7.2 Magnitude earthquake struck Southern
Italy. I found myself very distressed over this tragic event
as some of my own relatives were affected by it. This piece
came out of those feelings, and also won the Brooklyn College
1980-81 Contemporary Chamber Music Composition Competition.
Years later I visited the stricken area and shared this composition
with my family there.
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Suite
for Woodwind Quintet
Flute: Magdalena Gonzalez; Oboe: David Leibowitz;
Clarinet: John Baxley; Clarinet: Jonathan Johnsen; Bassoon:
Ron Allison
©
1980, Mark Coppola, All Rights Reserved
At
the time of this composition, I was studying a lot of Stravinsky
so any resemblance is purely intentional.
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I'm
Nobody
Soprano: Elizabeth Wolfe; Piano: William Boswell
© 1979, Mark Coppola, All Rights Reserved
Based
on the poem by Emily Dickenson, this was my first attempt at
writing contemporary vocal music.
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Two
Short Pieces for Flute
Flute:
Katharine Cartwright
©
1979, Mark Coppola, All Rights Reserved
These
were my first recorded compositions exploring simple melodic
development.
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