Yorktown

This moving piece provides a great opportunity for the use of slow bow strokes and for cross-curricular study. Students might enjoy writing poetry or prose about this important battle to be read along with the music. The victory over the British forces at Yorktown, Virginia by the American Continental Army in 1781 signaled the end of the Revolutionary War. This original work remembers the heroic efforts of General Washington and the brave soldiers he commanded to forge a new nation founded on freedom.