An American Elegy - A Tribute to Lives Lost

A video honoring the lives lost at the Oklahoma City attack, 9/11, Columbine, and the Challenger & Columbia shuttle disasters. I personally shot all the video you see from the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial and all the other images were found on the internet. This slideshow was shown while Frank Ticheli's "An American Elegy" was played live by the Putnam City North High School Band in the Spring of 2005. This piece was written exclusively for Columbine, you can read that in the composer's notes...but being from Oklahoma City myself and constructing this video shortly after the Columbia disaster...I felt compelled to make this a truly AMERICAN elegy honoring all lives lost. Thank you to everyone for your kind comments. If anyone else would like to use this video as a background slideshow to a live performance, I'd be happy to provide you a full copy of the original. Contact me at supermanofokc@gmail.com

-Zach Tanner

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[HreForTheMusic]

Due to "lack of room," NYC Police Officers, Port Authority Police Officers and FDNY Firefighters are not "invited" to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero. Funny - they weren't invited on that day in 2001, either - they just "showed up" and became our heroes. Please re-post if you think they belong MORE than the politicians who are invited

[coolthing21]

Tomorrow, I hope that this song is played for everyone to hear. We need to remember what happened 10 years... not just the danger and the crises, but the loved ones and citizens we lost that day. I urge everyone to post this song tomorrow--Facebook, Twitter, anywhere. Thank you.

[Halesxx3]

Playing this song in high school it is beautiful

[MoHake12]

there was a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, which is near my school and my band class played this in memory of the three teenagers that were killed.

[angelheart552]

how can people not like this song?

[angelheart552]

we are playing this in all county 2012 (i play bass) its going to be very beautiful. thumbs up if you agree :)

[NateTronicsGuy]

@TheRenegadeChampion I'm really sad we can't keep playing it, it's a lovely song <3

[zcolvett]

I love the French Horn parts especialy the 4 part cannon

[TheRenegadeChampion]

We have gotten this piece in my school's wind ensemble, and i am so excited to play it

[BobEntertainment101]

We played this song at an Honor Band I went to, and I think this song is really about moving on, and rebuilding. In the beginning, you feel the pain...but as the song goes on, that pain fades. Things slowly get better, and it's not so painful any more. It still hurts, but this song is about moving on to a brighter day. An amazing song and a great video, I'll always love this song.

[TennisGirl0711]

@Michaelmantwentyfive Columbine didn't have an alma mater...Frank Ticheli wrote Columbine's alma mater and included it in the song so I feel this song is still more applicable to the memory of Columbine than any of the other tragedies