Paul Robeson's Ballad for Americans

This is an old chestnut, it reeks of a time long before anything like 9/11 could even be imagined, but given Robeson's history with his own government, it strikes me as wholly appropriate for it's message of perseverance. And who can not be stirred by Robeson's deep booming bell like. "And you know who I am..."

I would also suggest, Barber's Adagio for Strings and also Barber's Knoxville, Summer 1915 (only Price or Steber please)and of course either Copeland's Appalachian Spring or his music for Our Town.

Bill Matthews