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"Elegy: The Great Peconic" (apparently named after Peconic Bay) is the third part of a never-released 40-minute orchestral suite, The Scrimshaw Pieces, which evokes the history of Long Island. You can read about it in this 1997 New York Times article.
This is a moving and sublime piece of work. One wishes Billy would write the scores to soundtracks like Randy Newman eventually did (e.g., Ragtime). "Elegy" reminds me of the soundtrack for Robert Redford's The Natural. Several of Billy's pop and rock songs also have classical music and orchestral roots such as "Ballad of Billy The Kid," "Souvenir," James," "Where's The Orchestra," "This Night," and "Uptown Girl." These songs have classical music elements: Nocturne (Chopin) The Ballad of Billy The Kid Streetlife Serenader (Debussy) Souvenir (Chopin) James (Bach) I've Loved These Days (Chopin) The Stranger intro She's Always A Woman (baroque) Where's The Orchestra? The Longest Time (Bach) Uptown Girl (Mozart) This Night (Beethoven) Leningrad (Schumann) State of Grace Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Beethoven) |
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Billy's symphonic work "The Great Peconic"
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