New England Songster

New England Songster (1768 - 1988)

Track titles on CD-R:

I. Songs of Liberty

1. THE LIBERTY SONG (1768) -- words by John Dickinson
(tune: HEART OF OAK by William Boyce)

2. THANKSGIVING HYMN (tune: KITTERY by William Billings, 1778)

II. Yankee Tunesmiths

3. MAJESTY -- music by William Billings, 1778

4. VICTORY -- music by Daniel Read, 1793

5. NEW BETHLEHEM -- music by Edward French, 1799

III. Songs of the Shakers

6. SIMPLE GIFTS -- Elder Joseph Brackett Jr., Alfred, Maine, 1848

7. WELCOME, WELCOME -- Sister Rosetta Cummings,
Enfield, New Hampshire, 1869

8. WE WILL ALL GO HOME WITH YOU -- author unknown, Canterbury, New Hampshire,1862

IV. Songs of Remembrance

9. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL -- words by Katharine Lee Bates, 1895/
music by Samuel A. Ward, 1882

10. LAND OF OUR HEARTS -- music by George W. Chadwick, 1918

11. SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS -- words by Albert Laighton, 1855
(tune: AULD LANG SYNE)

12. THE DARK NIGHT IS ENDING -- words by John Greenleaf Whittier,
music by Roger Hall, 1988 (featured in the play, THE MUSICAL TELEPHONE)

V. War and Peace and Celebrations

13. American Revolution: FATHER AND I WENT DOWN TO CAMP
(tune: YANKEE DOODLE, ca. 1776)

14. The Civil War: JOHN BROWN (1861) and
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (1862) --
tune: SAY, BROTHERS WILL YOU MEET US by William Steffe

15. Jubilee 350: O BOSTON -- words by William Bradford
(tune: OLD HUNDRED) (arr. Roger Hall, 1980)

16. Cantata: CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OF COLUMBIA -- words by Sidney Lanier; music by Dudley Buck, 1876

17. Chorus: EASTER CAROL -- music by Charles Ives, 1892

18. Christmas Chorale: HOW LOVELY SHINES THE MORNING STAR --
music by George W. Chadwick, 1909

19. Song: A GIFT ROUND -- sung in Russian for the Russian tour of
the Boston chorus, Sharing A New Song, music by Roger Hall, 1988)

20. Anti-War Song: PEACE --
words by Esther Talbot, 1814; music by Roger Hall, 1981

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