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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 (featured in the play, THE MUSICAL TELEPHONE, 1988)

 

V. War and Peace

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

14. The Civil War: JOHN BROWN -- published by C.S. Hall, 1861
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC -- words by Julia Ward Howe, 1862

15. Jubilee 350: O BOSTON! -- words by William Bradford
(tune: OLD HUNDRED) -- edited and arranged by 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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American Music Recordings Collection

Massachusetts Music

Mozart in Massachusetts

New England Composers No. 1: Remembering Edwin A. Jones

New England Composers No. 2: Tribute to George W. Chadwick

New England Song Series No. 1:
BATTLE HYMN
OF THE REPUBLIC

New England Song
Series No. 2:
GOIN' HOME

New England Song
Series No. 3:
JINGLE BELLS

New England Song
Series No. 4:
SIMPLE GIFTS

New England Song
Series No. 5:
SONG OF
THE OLD FOLKS

New England Song
Series No. 6:
FATHER AND I
WENT DOWN TO CAMP

 

 

 

 

 

     
   
   
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