An important collection of music
in honor of the First U.S. President!
CD Album (click the links for listening examples - for streaming only)
1. +The Liberty Song -- words: John Dickinson, 1768/tune: HEART OF OAK (William Boyce)
- arranged by W.A. Fisher
1. +Father and I went down to camp - text by Edward Bangs, ca. 1776,
tune: YANKEE DOODLE, arranged by W.A. Fisher3. Chester-- words & music by William Billings, 1778
4. +Welcome, Mighty Chief, Once More -- sung in honor of George Washington
music: "See the Conquering Hero Comes"
from Judas Maccabaeus by George Frideric 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, Historian, Old Stoughton Musical Society
11. Tenor Recitative & Chorus from THE CREATION
Oratorio by Franz Joseph Haydn
12. +Hymn of Thanksgiving -- music by William Billings, 1778/
words written for the end of the American Revolution in 1783
13. Ode to President George Washington, 1789 (see No. 24)
14. 1982 Concert Address concluded
15. New Jerusalem -- Jeremiah Ingalls, 1796
16. +The Dove -- Samuel Capen, 1805
17. +New Bethlehem -- Edward French, 1799
18. +Mount Vernon -- Oliver Holden, 1803 (in memory of George Washington)
19. +Dedication -- words: William Billings, 1794/
music: Roger Hall, 1986 (Premiere Perforamce)
20.+The Grand Constitution - from the play
about the United States and Stoughton Musical Society's Constitutions both written in 1787
21. The Federal March (excerpt) -- Alexander Reinagle
22. +U.S. Constitution Ballad: The 'Vention Did In Boston Meet
tune: "Yankee Doodle," 1788
23. The Grand Constitution (finale of one act play, 1987)
24. +Ode To The President Of The United States -
tune: GOD SAVE THE KING/ words by Samuel Low
and sung at the First U.S. Presidential Inauguration in New York City in 1789
edited by Roger Hall
Here is the final verse of the Ode by Samuel Low:
Far be the din of Arms,
Henceforth the Olive's charms
Shall War preclude;
These shores a Head shall own,
Unsully'd by a throne,
Our much lov'd Washington,
The Great, the Good!+ = Premiere Recording = 12
"The Grand Constitution" play was written and directed by Roger Lee Hall
and first performed in 1987 for the 200th anniversaries of the U.S. Constitution
and Stoughton Musical Society's Constitution, both written in 1787.
Nos. 1 - 4 = edited and arranged by William Arms Fisher in
The Music That Washington Knew (1932)
Nos. 12-13, 20-24 = edited and arranged by Roger Lee Hall (1982)
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For over fifty years, Roger Lee Hall, has been researching and writing about music from earlier America.
He is the Director of the Center for American Music Preservation (or CAMP), a vast resource of recordings and historical information. To read more about the CAMP -- click here
For your organization or library, he can present an educational music program or workshop which highlights some of the songs written or sung during George Washington’s time in the 18th century, including songs written in honor Washington, and the rarely heard song sung at his Presidential Inauguration in New York in 1789.
To discuss a possible music lecture or workshop either on the Web or in person with Mr. Hall --
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Roger Hall was the former Historian of the Old Stoughton Musical Society,
America's oldest existing choral society,
organized in 1786 during George Washington's lifetime.
To read about Singing Stoughton -- click here
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