Kaintuck' (Still)
Kaintuck is a 1935 symphonic poem for piano and orchestra by American composer William Grant Still.
Background
The work, written after being inspired by a train trip to Kentucky and commissioned by the League of Composers, and originally scored for piano and symphony orchestra, was first performed on two pianos, with the composer's wife, Verna Arvey, as soloist, in Los Angeles on October 28, 1935 at a Pro Musica concert. Since then, the work has been played in a full orchestra version by Howard Hanson at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The work, dedicated to Still's wife, is about eleven minutes long.Overview
A description of the symphonic poem is as follows:The sound of the steam locomotive can be heard in the piece.