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In Honor of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
(1809 - 2009)
"Lincoln and Liberty"
Music
From
Abraham Lincoln's Era
Other CDs in Tribute to Lincoln
A specially prepared CD-R from the
American Music Recordings Archive
which contains over one hour of music
written and heard during Abraham Lincoln's lifetime and just beyond, including:--patriotic songs
--a song of Emancipation
--a song for Lincoln's Presidential campaign
--premiere recordings of rare hymns by
Stephen Foster and a Shaker pacifist hymn
--an Afro-American spiritual
--popular Civil War songsThe music is performed by various performing ensembles from
original published versions and music arrangements.
First verse of the title song:
Hurrah for the choice of the nation,
Our chieftain so brave and so true,
We'll go for the great reformation,
For Lincoln and Liberty, too!
We'll go for the son of Kentucky,
The hero of Hoosierdom through,
The pride of the Suckers so lucky,
For Lincoln and Liberty, too!
Track Titles:
+ = World Premiere Recordings
I. Lincoln: The Early Years
[Portrait of Francis Scott Key]
1. +The Star-Spangled Banner -- words by Frances Scott Key, 1814/ music: To Anacreon (1860 arrangement)
2. Hail! Columbia -- words by Joseph Hopkinson/ music:
The President's March by Philip Phile
II. Lincoln in New Salem
3. Home! Sweet Home! -- words: John Howard Payne/ music: Henry R. Bishop, 1823
III. Lincoln: The Lawyer and Legislator
4.. Get Off The Track --words: Jesse Hutchinson, 1844/ music: Old Dan Tucker
(Emancipation song)
5. Gentle Annie -- words and music by Stephen C. Foster, 1856
IV. Lincoln: The 16th United States President
[Portrait of Stephen C. Foster]
6. Lincoln and Liberty -- music: Old Rosin the Beau (Lincoln's Campaign Song, 1860)
7. +The Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful -- music by
Stephen C. Foster, 18638. +Over The River -- words: H.C./ music: Stephen C. Foster,1863
9. +What Shall The Harvest Be? -- words by Emily Sullivan Oakey/
music by Stephen C. Foster, 1863
10. +Choral Harp -- words: William R. Wallace/
music: Stephen C. Foster, 1863
11. +Give Us This Day -- words & music by Stephen C. Foster, 1863
V. The Civil War Decade
12. Dixie's Land (Dixie) -- Daniel D. Emmett, 1860
13. The Bonnie Blue Flag -- words: Harry McCarthy, 1861/ music: The Irish Jaunting Car
14. Go Down, Moses -- Afro-American spiritual (sung when Emancipation Proclamation announced)
15. +A Prayer For The Captive -- Shaker pacifist hymn by Cecilia DeVere, 1862/ed. by Roger Hall
(performed on the day of Lincoln's funeral)
16a. John Brown (or John Brown's Body)
16b. Battle Hymn of the Republic (original published sheet music version)
17. Cumberland Gap, 1862
18. We Are Coming, Father Abraam -- Stephen C. Foster, 1862
19. Willie Has Gone To The War -- Stephen C. Foster, 1863
20. Lorena -- words: Rev. H.D.L. Webster/ music: J.P. Webster, 1857
21. All Quiet Along the Potomac -- words: Mrs. Ethel L. Beers/ music: W.H. Goodwin, 1861
22. When Johnny Comes Marching Home -- Patrick S. Gilmore, 1863
23. When This Cruel War is Over -- words: Charles C. Sawyer/ music: Henry Tucker
24. +Hymn of Peace -- words: Oliver Wendell Holmes/
music: Matthias Keller, 1869
Portrait of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.,
poet, essayist, physician
To order this CD-R with 24 tracks and
8 World Premiere Recordings titled:
"Lincoln and Liberty"
Music from Abraham Lincoln's Era
(AMRA No. 12)
go to the
An eBook on CD-ROM disc
(92 files, 6 folders)
Playable on computer with Microsoft Word and
Windows Media Audio (WMA) and including
an extensive Lincoln Portrait Gallery,
the lyrics, background notes, rare sheet music,
and 24 music files
To order this Lincoln and Liberty Listener's Guide
eBook on CD-ROM,
go to the
No. 1: "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
No. 5: "SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS"
Recommended CDs
in Tribute to Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln in Song -- Chris Vallillo
Abraham Lincoln Sings On! -- Douglas Jimmerson
Lincoln's Favorite Music -- Douglas Jimmerson
A Lincoln Portrait -- Bands and Choruses of the U.S. Military,
with narration by Walter Cronkite
Music for Abraham Lincoln -- Anne and Ridley Enslow and Friends
with Jacqueline Schwab, piano
Worth Special Praise!
"Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian"
(words: L.M. Dawn/music: George F. Root)
sung in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois at Lincoln's funeral
(one of the most poignant songs ever written for a U.S. President,
and beautifully performed by the musicians on this excellent CD)
American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS)
New England Choral Sampler: From The Pilgrims To Peace
New England Music Archive [NEMA]
Society for Earlier American Music [SEAM]
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