By the Dawn’s Early Light…

The pictures of the American flag at dawn used in this 2015 video were taken by me on the Intergraph (Huntsville, AL) campus on July 31, 2002. The video is another of my Fotomagico slideshows and is made from the 2002 camera shots. The music accompanied by the video, is my 2015 arrangement. The pictured flag stood where the Hexagon/Intergraph building now stands.

For years I intended to arrange something “patriotic” for July 4th, but didn’t. In 2009, I arranged, performed, and recorded this simple cello and piano duet version of “The Star Spangled Banner.” For the 4th of July celebration of 2010, I added a flute part to the arrangement from the previous year. For [sc_embed_player fileurl=”httpthe 2015 re-recording, I added a ensemble-string part using a program that I programmed on my Kurzweil PC3K8.

For the 4th of July, 2017, I have updated the arrangement again to divide solo duties between violin and cello. I threw in a couple of duets, also for free. 😉

I hope that you enjoy this updated performance. Happy 4th of July! And, may God continue to bless America!