So I arranged a piece by Amy Cheney Beach called Eskimos. In the same time period that Debussy and Ravel were creating their tendrils of Impressionism using eastern folk music and airy harmonies,Beach was developing in a very similar way in the USA. Eskimos is a wonderful example of this. This piece takes Inuit folk songs from the Labrador and Alaska territories and mixes it with herromantic harmonies. And it fits beautifully on two guitars. It’s. Been in one form for a long time, with a lot...
