"Chester" - Music in Old New England

A Radio Documentary

AMRC CD 0026

 

This CD features a radio documentary narrated by Roger Hall, Historian of The Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS), with highlights from the First Fall Music Festival held at the historic First Unitarian Church in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on October 14-15 in 1978.

The music on the disc features the chorus from the Old Stoughton Musical Society, America's oldest surviving choral society, also organist, Richard Hill, and The Easton Trio.

Here are highlights from the Fall Music Festival, including music on the historic 1852 Hook pipe organ

Click the links for listening examples (for streaming only):

1. Commentary by Roger Hall, Old Stoughton Musical Society Historian, 1978

2. CHESTER - William Billings, 1778 - Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS) Chorus

3. Commentary about early New England tunesmiths

4. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (19th century choral arrangement) - OSMS Chorus

5. TILDEN - Batholomew Brown, ca. 1800) - OSMS Chorus

6. CELESTIAL WATERING - Jeremiah Ingalls, ca. 1800 - OSMS Chorus

7. THE DOVE - Samuel Capen, 1805 - OSMS Chorus

8. Commentary about New England keyboard music

9. JERUSALEM, MY GLORIOUS HOME - Lowell Mason, 1849

10. HOW LOVELY IS ZION - George Root and William Bradbury

11. OLD STOUGHTON - Edwin Arthur Jones, 1886

12. Commentary about 19th centurty keyboard music

13. THE COHANNET RIFLE CORPS QUICK STEP - Richard Hill, organist

14. THE BOSTON INDEPENDENT CADETS GRAND MARCH - Richard Hill, organist

15. THE NAHANT WALTZ - James Hewitt - Richard Hill, organist

16. Commentary about Stoughton composer, E.A. Jones (1853-1911)

17. TRIO FOR STRINGS - E.A. Jones, 1878 - The Easton Trio

18. THE FAREWELL WALTZES - E.A. Jones, 1874 - Richard Hill, organist

 

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Related pages on the American Music Preservation Website

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

New England Choral Archive

New England Music Archive (NEMA)

New England Harmony Series

New England Harmony: Early New England Composers

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