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"A Toast"
Music of George Washington's Era
(AMRC CD 0013)
The CD with music from George Washington's era was recorded at several live concerts performed by soloists and chorus from the Old Stoughton Musical Society. Included are selections from the 1982 concert celebrating the 250th anniversaries of the births of Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn, and U.S. President, George Washington. Also, there are highlights from concerts celebrating the bicentennial of U.S. Constitution in 1987, and bicentennial of the Inauguration of First U.S. President in 1989.
Album titles (click links for streaming samples):
1. +The Liberty Song -- words: John Dickinson, 1768
2. +Father and I Went Down to Camp -- tune: YANKEE DOODLE
3. Chester-- words & music by William Billings, 1778
4. +Welcome, Mighty Chief, Once More --
music: "See the Conquering Hero Comes" by G. F. Handel
5. A Toast (for General George Washington) --Francis Hopkinson, 1778
6. Beneath a Weeping Willow's Shade --
Francis Hopkinson, 1788
7. My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free -- Francis Hopkinson, 1759
8. +Norah, Dear Norah -- William Shields, 1783
(Washington's favorite English opera)
9. +The Way-Worn Traveler -- Samuel Arnold, 1793
10. Excerpt from 1982 Concert Address by Roger Hall
11. Tenor Recitative & Chorus from THE CREATION
by Franz Joseph Haydn
12. +Ode to President George Washington, 1789, edited Roger Hall
13. Excerpt from 1982 Concert Address by Roger Hall
14. +Mount Vernon -- Oliver Holden, 1800
15. Dedication -- words: William Billings, 1794/
music: Roger Hall, 1986
16.+The Grand Constitution - from the one act play
about the United States and Stoughton Musical Society's Constitutions in 1787
17. The Federal March (excerpt) -- Alexander Reinagle
18. +U.S. Constitution Ballad: The 'Vention Did In Boston Meet
tune: "Yankee Doodle," 1788
19. The Grand Constitution (finale of one act play, 1987)
20. Ode to President George Washington (reprise) --
tune: "God Save The King"/ words: Samuel Low
(sung at the First U.S. Presidential Inauguration in New York City in 1789)Here is the first verse by Samuel Low:
Hail! Godlike Washington!
Fair Freedom's chosen son,
Born to command:
While this great globe shall roll,
Thy deeds from pole to pole,
Shall shake Columbia's soul
With virtuous praise.
+ = Premiere Recordings = 12
Nos. 1 - 4 = edited and arranged by William Arms Fisher,
The Music That Washington Knew
Nos. 12-13, 22-24 = edited and arranged by Roger HallNos. 20-24 from one act play, "Old Stoughton and The Grand Constitution,
written by Roger Hall in celebration of the bicentennial of
both the United States Constitutuion and Stoughton Musical Society
Constitutuion, both written in 1787.
To order "A Toast" - Music of George Washington's Era
go to the American Music Recordings Collection - AMRC CD 0013 --click here
For more about America's oldest existing choral society,
organized in 1786 during George Washington's lifetime -- click here
Would you like to schedule a music program for your educational institution, museum or historical society about the music of George Washington's or Abraham Lincoln's era? The illustrated lecture includes recorded music examples and live singing with the audience of several familiar patriotic songs.
See descriptions of the topics for music of Washington or Lincoln's time at:
Available Separately
Treasures of Earlier American Music (T.E.A.M.)
click here
Related Links
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)
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