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Here is a selected list of music in the AMRA archives
from the 17th to 19th centuries:
AMERICA SINGS, Vol. 1: The Founding Years, 1620 -1800
The Gregg Smith Singers
(Vox Box, 2 CDs CDX 5080, 1993)
Including earliest music published in America and songs composed
by the first American composers.
THE BIRTH OF LIBERTY:
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Seth McCoy, tenor; Sherrill Milnes, baritone; James Richman and
Jon Spong, harpsichord; American Fife Ensemble;
The Continental Harmony Singers, Neely Bruce, Conductor;
The Liberty Tree Wind Players
(New World Records 80276-2, 1976)
EARLY SHAKER SPIRITUALS
Sister R. Mildred Barker and The Sabbathday Lake Shakers
(Rounder CD 0078, 1996)
THE GREAT SENTIMENTAL AGE: Songs by Foster, Ives, Hawthorne, Hanby and others
The Gregg Smith Singers, New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
(Vox Box 2 CDs CDX 5016, 1990)
HAIL TO THE CHIEF! American Political Marches, Songs
& Dirges of the 1800s.
The Chestnut Brass Company and Friends
(Sony Classical SFK 62485, 1996)
056. HOMESPUN AMERICA: Marches, Waltzes, Polkas & Serenades of the Manchester Cornet Band; Music for the Social Orchestra of the Manchester Quadrille Orchestra; Songs of 19 th Century Patriotism, Temperance & Abolition & Popular, Sentimental Tunes of the Hutchinson Family
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger, Conductor
Eastman Chorale, Robert DeCormier, Conductor
(Vox Box, SVBX 5309, 3 LPs, 1976)
A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT:
William Billings, Anthems and Fuging Tunes
His Majestie’s Clerkes, Paul Hillier, Conductor
(harmonia mundi 907048, 1992/ reissue as:
EARLY AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC, Volume 1 HCX 3957048, 2001)
LOST MUSIC OF EARLY AMERICA: MUSIC OF THE MORAVIANS
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Director;
Cynthia Sieden, Sharon Baker, sopranos
(Telarc CD-80482, 1998)
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK:
THE BANJO & Other Creole Ballads, Cuban Dances, Etc.
Eugene List, piano
(Vanguard Classics OVC-4050, 1992/recorded in 1956)
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK: THE UNION and other piano works
Leonard Pennario, piano
(Angel S-36077, 1974)
MACDOWELL, EDWARD: SUITE FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA, Op. 42;
SUITE NO. 2 ("Indian"), Op. 48
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor
(Mercury Golden Imports SRI 75026, n.d.)
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE: AMERICAN PSALMODY 1770-1840
The Oregon State University Choir, Ron Jeffers, Conductor
(New World Records 80255-2, 1978/ 1996)
MR. SOUSA: A UNIQUE SOUND PORTRAIT OF THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC Featuring the voices of John Philip Sousa, Helen Sousa Abert, Meredith Willson, Dr. Frank Simon, Frank Sullivan, written and narrated by Tony Thomas
(Delos Records DEL-25413, 1975)
NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN SACRED MUSIC:
From Fuging Tunes to Oratorio
Sung by The Isaiah Thomas Singers, David P. McKay, Director
Stephen Long, organist
(Folkways Records FTS 32381, 1980)
PAINE, JOHN KNOWLES: MASS IN D
Carmen Balthrop, soprano; Joy Blackett, contralto; Vinson Cole, tenor; John Cheek, bass; The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Gunther Schuller, conductor
(New World Records NW262-263, 1978)
RIVERS OF DELIGHT:
American Folk Hymns from
the Sacred Harp Tradition
Word of Mouth Chorus, Larry Gordon, Leader
(Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71360-2, recorded in 1979)
SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR: First Recordings From Original Editions
Tony Randall, narrator; John Ater, tenor; Alan Baker, baritone; Bonnie Hamilton, soprano; The Harmoneion Singers; Lawrence Skrobacs, piano
(New World Records NW202-2, 1976)
STEPHEN FOSTER: THE SOCIAL ORCHESTRA
A Collection of Popular Melodies.
The Columbia Social Orchestra, Gregg Smith, Conductor
(Columbia M 32577, 1974).
STEPHEN FOSTER: SONGS
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Leslie Guinn, baritone;
Gilbert Kalish, piano & melodeon; Robert Sheldon, flute & keyed bugle; Sonya Monosoff, violin; Douglas Koeppe, piccolo & flute; James Weaver, piano; The Camerata Chorus of Washington
(Electra/ Nonesuch 9 7915802, 1987/recorded in 1972 and 1976)
THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING: Songs of the Hutchinson Family, as performed at the Smithsonian Institution
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Patricia Deckert, alto; Jeffry Gall, countertenor; Frank Hoffmeister, tenor; David Evitts, bass; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth Slowik, cello; Howard Bass, guitar; ,James Weaver, piano, melodeon, musical director
The Smithsonian Collection N020, 1979
See the complete list of 200 recordings
on LPs and CDs with music from the 17th to 20th centuries
are in
the Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS)
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