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America an Epic Rhapsody (often shortened to America) is an orchestral work composed between 1926 and 1927 by Swiss-born Ernest Bloch as a tribute to the country to which he had emigrated in 1916. The work consists of three movements covering the history of the United States and entitled ‘1620’ ‘1861-1865′ and ‘1926’. It was first performed in New York.According to Bloch the idea for America first came to him as he arrived in the United States in 1916.