''Appalachian Duets'', Opus 38, No. 8 (2001), composed by

Maria Newman Maria Louise Newman (born January 18, 1962) is an American composer of classical music, violinist and pianist. She is the youngest child of Alfred Newman, a major Hollywood film composer. Maria holds the Louis and Annette Kaufman Composit ...

for two violins alone, was co-commissioned by the Travers Violin Duo and the Angeli Duo. It has been performed on a large scale both nationally and internationally. Intended for performance on the concert stage, the musical ideas behind the duets were taken from Maria Newman's original orchestra score for the 1919

Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

film, '' Heart o' the Hills''.

String duo

*''Appalachian Duets'', Opus 38, No. 8 (2001) :: For Two Violins ::I. Heart O' the Hills ::II. Goin' Fishin ::III. The Train ::IV. Mammy's Little Lullaby ::V. Granpap's Fiddle

Performances

''William G. McGowen Theater, The National Archives, Washington, DC'' ::The President's Own United States Marine Band ::May 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. ''The Kennedy Center, Washington DC'' ::The President's Own United States Marine Band ::August 18, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

References

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