Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Vladimir Horowitz plays his transcription of Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” as an encore at the Hollywood Bowl in 1945:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.”
George Washington, farewell address (1796)