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A Celebration of Earlier America in Song!
"Yankee Doodle"
An American Song Treasury,
1620-1920
Click links for complete music samples - for Online listening onlyArrival in the New World
1. Arrival in the New World from Of Plimoth Plantation by William Bradfortd and Psalm 8
2. Thanksgiving and Psalm 100 (Old Hundred)
American Revolution to U.S. Constitution
3. The New Massachusetts Song of Liberty (tune: BRITISH GRENADIERS) -
words attributed to Dr. Joseph Warren
4. Father and I went down to camp (tune: YANKEE DOODLE) -
words attributed to Edward Bangs, 1776/ arranged by W.A. Fisher
5. Chester - words & music by William Billings, 1778
6. U.S. Constitution Song (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)
New England Singing-Masters
7. The Bird - music by William Billings, 1790
8. Coronation - music by Oliver Holden, 1792
9. Victory - music by Daniel Read, 1793
Religious Devotion
10. My Country 'Tis Of Thee (AMERICA) - Samuel F. Smith, 1831
11. Simple Gifts - words & music by Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848
12. Jerusalem, My Glorious Home - music by Lowell Mason, 1849
North vs. South
13. Dixie's Land (or Dixie) - words & music by Daniel D. Emmett, 1859
14. John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1861-62 (original versions)
1870s to 1890s
15. Peace and Music - words & music by Dudley Buck
(Premiere performance at the World's Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1872)16. How Beautiful Upon The Mountains - music by Edwin A. Jones, 1881
(aria from "Song of Our Saviour" cantata - World Premiere Recording, 1992)
Read about this majestic cantata - click here17. We Gather Together (or Prayer of Thanksgiving, English translation by Theodore Baker, 1894)
World War I
18. Land of Our Hearts (Finale) - music by George W. Chadwick,1918
19. Song of the Marching Men - music by Henry K. Hadley, 1919
Hymn of Prayer
20. The Collection - music by Charles E. Ives, 1920
Music on this CD by these performers:
New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus
Old Stoughton Musical Society Soloists and Chorus
Plymouth Church Choir
The Union Confederacy
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This music program includes the one-act play, "The Grand Constitution,"
on a multimedia computer disc
about the First Constitution of a musical society in the USA,
written in 1787 shortly after the US Constituiton.
This educational disc is ideal for teachers, students, or history buffs:
"Dedication" - Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992
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