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18th Annual
National Carry A Tune Week - 2018
"You must remember this"...
Dedicated to the 75th anniversary
of
CASABLANCA, the score by Max Steiner,
and the song, "As Time Goes By."
The film was released nationwide in January 1943
List of Tunes chosen in 2018
in these categories:
This free online event is sponsored each year
by The American Tune Lovers Society
The tunes below have links to other pages on this site.
Most of them also have links to YouTube.Here are the 28 tunes chosen for
National Carry A Tune Week for 2018...
Patriotic Music
From Roger:
LAND OF OUR HEARTS
words: John Hall ingman/ music: George Whitefield Chadwick, 1918 -
This inspiring chorus was written at the end of World War I
to express patriotism and love of the country.
It has been recorded from the first modern day performance
by the Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus,
directed by Earl Eyrich and is available on a CD -- click here
From Steve:
The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa, 1896-97) -
YouTube of this offical National March of the USA
Played by the U.S. Marine Band
-- click here
Folk Music
From Gail:
"Michael Row The Boat Ashore" (1860s) -
Traditional Negro Spiritual from Civil War Era
with extra lyrics added by Harry Belafonte
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
This old world's a mighty big place, hallelujah
It's got satan all over its face, hallelujah
Jordan's river is chilly and cold, hallelujah
But it warms the human soul, hallelujah
So, Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row that boat ashore, hallelujah
Did you hear what old Jonah said, hallelujah
When the world thought he was dead, hallelujah
I was taking' me a ride, hallelujah
In that big old whales inside, hallelujah
So, Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row that boat ashore, hallelujah
They put Daniel in the lion's den, hallelujah
And he walked right out again, hallelujah
The reason them felines permitted that, hallelujah
Was that Daniel had no fat, hallelujah
So Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row that boat ashore, hallelujah
They nailed Jesus to the cross, hallelujah
But his faith was never lost, hallelujah
So christian soldiers off to war, hallelujah
Hold that line in Arkansas, hallelujah
Like Joshua at Jericho, hallelujah
Alabama's next to go, hallelujah
So Mississippi kneel and pray, hallelujah
Some more buses on the way, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujahYouTube of this song sung by Harry Belafonte -- click here
From Jim:
“If I Had A Hammer” (Lee Hayes & Pete Seeger, 1949) -
Written by two original members of “The Weavers” folksingers, this song was performed and sung frequently during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Seeger led crowds in singing it dozens and dozens of times as a sort of anthem of the movement. The most popular recording was by Peter, Paul & Mary although there were several others.
YouTube of this song sung by Pete Seeger-- click here
From Roger:
My Shaker Home - Sister Lillian Phelps, 1959 -
This fine song was composed by Sister Lillian after returning
from a summer outing and viewing her beloved home
"at the top of the hill so quiet and still."
I discovered this Shaker song in 2009, fifty years after it had been written
and apparently never performed by non-Shaker singers.
I arranged it for The Canterbury Singers in 2013.
This year I produced a CD which focuses on Shaker women
and titled after this wonderful song.
For more about this CD -- click here
From Steve:
"Simple Gifts" - religious folk song by Elder Joseph Brackett (1848)
More about this Shaker dancing song -- click here
Religious Music
From Roger:
"As The Hart Panteth" - William Billings, 1770 -
This beautifully expressive anthem,
an early American choral masterpiece,
was based on a text from Psalm 42: vs. 1-5,
in the first music collection by an American composer,
The New-England Psalm-Singer, compiled by Billings
and published in Boston,
with a cover print done by Paul Revere,
famous for his midnight ride to warn
about the British invasion in April of 1775
that led to the American Revolution.
YouTube (note: the picture is not William Billings - fake news!)
-- click here
From Steve:
"Shall We Gather At The River" (Robert Lowery, 1868) -
YouTube of this hymn by The Celebration Choir -- click here
Popular Songs
From Beate (in Germany):
"I Will Survive" (Freddie Perrin-Dino Ferkaris, 1978)
Sung by Gloria Gaynor
YouTube of the song -- click here
"Walk on By" (Hal David-Burt Bacharach, 1963)
Gloria Gaynor (recorded in 1975)
YouTube of the song -- click here
"Urgent" (Mick Jones, 1981)
Foreigner
YouTune of the song -- click here
" Dangerous" (Jackson-Bottrell-Riley, 1991)
Michael Jackson
YouTube of the song -- click here
"Thriller" (Rod Temperton, 1982)
Michael Jackson
YouTube of the song -- click here
From Gail:
"It's A Good Day" (1946) -
With The Ray Charles Singers. The Perry Como Show. November 29, 1958. "It's a Good Day" is a popular song written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour. The most popular version of the song is probably Perry Como's, released on his 1955 RCA Victor album. So smooth.
YouTube sung by Perry Como -- click here
YouTube sung by Peggy Lee from Midnight Serenade (1947) -- click here
"Van Lingle Mungo" (music by Dave Frishberg, 1969)
From Jim:
“Dream a Little Dream of Me” (Gus Kahn, W. Schwandt & F. Andree, 1931) -
Usually performed as a slow love song,
made popular again in the 1960s by Mama Cass of The Mamas & The Papas.
It is fun to sing.
YouTube of the song -- click here
“I’ll Never Smile Again” [1939 by Ruth Lowe] —
This sad song was an early hit by Frank Sinatra,
with Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
Recorded by many others.
YouTube of the song --click here
“Leaving On A Jet Plane”—(John Denver, 1966).
This was a very big hit for Peter, Paul & Mary, and Denver’s own recording was almost as popular. I don’t know Denver’s intention when he wrote the words and music. For my generation it was especially sad because we thought of American soldiers being sent to Vietnam: “Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh Babe, I hate to go.” I believe that today John Denver (died 1997) is an underrated songwriter and performer, often forgotten. Perhaps his old TV-show persona as a naive and happy “boy” does not wear well in our era.YouTube of this song sung by John Denver -- click here
Classical Music
From Gail:
Alleluia (Randall Thompson, 1940)
Thompson wrote that the Alleluia is:"a very sad piece. The word 'Alleluia' has so many possible interpretations. The music in my particular Alleluia cannot be made to sound joyous. It is a slow, sad piece, and...here it is comparable to the Book of Job, where it is written, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
YouTube of this work sung by Octarium -- click here
Fanfare for the Common Man (Aaron Copland, 1942)
YouTube of this work performed by National Symphony Orchestra-- click here
From Roger:
Variations on an Original Theme (1968) -
This is my very first classical work, my Op. 1,
and was composed fifty years ago in 1968.
I began composing it while a piano student and my music teacher said the theme sounded like Oriental music.
I titled it that way when it was published in 1984.
I changed the title so it wouldn't be confused with Oriental music from the past.
This piano work was first performed
by a fellow college music student at Rutgers,
and it is now available on the CD: "Search Thou My Heart."
From Steve:
Main theme from Movement II of Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic")
by Howard Hanson, 1930
This movement was played at the end of the film, ALIEN (1979)
YouTube of this movement with Panama City POPS Orchestra -- click hereYouTube of the complete Symphony No. 2 in Full Score-- click here
Film Music
From Gail:
"Let The River Run" from WORKING GIRL
(Carly Simon, 1988)"For anyone who’s ever won
For anyone who’s ever lost
And for anyone who’s still in there trying"
from WORKING GIRLYouTube sung by Caryl Simon -- click here
From Jim:
“It’s Easy to Remember (and So Hard to Forget)”
( words: Lorenz Hart/ music: Richard Rodgers, 1935) —
It has become a Standard for soloists and groups
(when ensembles and choruses were common).
[Song introduced by Bing Crosby in MISSISSIPPI in 1935]
YouTube of the song -- click here“The Way You Look Tonight” (words: Dorothy Fields/music: Jerome Kern,1936)
The song is famous as a love ballad, quite romantic and lush.
However, it was introduced in the movie “Swing Time” as comic sarcasm.
Fred Astaire sang it to Ginger Rogers when he found her shampooing her hair!
YouTube of the song -- click here
From Roger:
"As Time Goes By" - Words & Music by Herman Hupfeld, 1931
This is surely one of the best loved movie songs of all time.
I loved it for many years and especially what composer Max Steiner did to
arrange the song theme so effectively. His score was nominated for an Oscar.
The song wasn't eligible because it had been written back in 1931.
Herman Hupfeld lived in Montclair, New Jersey.
As it turned out, my mother had a favorite restaurant she liked
called the Robin Hood Inn. And guess who
was the dinnertime pianist at that restaurant? Yep, it was Herman Hupfeld.
So I could have heard Hupfeld playing his famous song when I went there with mom, though I was too young to remember for sure.
Maybe he inspired me to be a songwriter later on in my teen-age years.
There is now a plaque honoring him in the new restaurant,
Valley Regency in Clifton, New Jersey
From Roger:
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Sammy Film Music Awards
which I began back in 1988 to honor the best film music recordings.
My first year I selected "Let The River Run" by Carly Simon (see above)
as Best Movie Song and a lesser known film score by the great John Williams
from a very enjoyable film starring Geena Davis (Oscar winner),
Kathleen Turner and William Hurt.
When I announced the first "Sammys" on WGBH-FM in Boston,
on "MusicAmerica" hosted by Ron Della Chiesa,
I played the End Title theme from THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
titled - "A Second Chance." It has remained
a favorite theme of the many themes I love by John Williams.
For more about the Sammy Film Music Awards -- click here
From Steve
"Love Theme" from SPARTACUS (Alex North, 1960)
YouTube of this theme (in Stereo) -- click here
"White Christmas" from HOLIDAY INN (Irving Berlin, 1942)
Original recorded version sung by Bing Crosby -- click here
Are you a teacher, musician or music lover?
See this catalogue of 50 CDs of classical, folk, popular and film music at the
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
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The Sammy Film Music Awards
The 30th Annual Awards
have been announced!See the complete list -
Centennial Tributes:
Leroy Anderson (classical-crossover composer)
Gene Autry (western singer-songwriter)
Walter Schumann (film composer)
Jimmy Stewart (actor, singer)
See the composers listed on the
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