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TEN TOWN TUNES -
MUSIC FROM STOUGHTON, 1770-1990
Featuring music performed in one Massachusetts town
which is home to the oldest surviving choral society in America,
organized in 1786:
Now available is a collection of music by New England composers
most of them from the Town of Stoughton (+)
produced and edited by Stoughton composer, Roger L. Hall.
These are the audio titles and music scores:
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1. STOUGHTON - William Billings, 1770/ text from Dr. Isaac Watts
2. +FLY - Jacob French, 1802
3. STOUGHTON WALTZ - Oliver Shaw, 1839
4. +OLD STOUGHTON - Edwin A. Jones, 1886
5. +LULLABY - Frank W. Reynolds , 1922
6. +BARBARA ALLEN - F. William Kempf, 1942
7. +DEDICATION - Roger L. Hall, 1986
8. +A LITTLE THEATER MUSIC - Roger L. Hall, 1990
8. +PEACE - Roger L. Hall, 1990
10. +FAREWELL WALTZ - Edwin A. Jones, 1874
All of the music are Premiere Recordings
Each of the above music titles available for $2.50 each.
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Attention American music specialists!
For over two centuries the Town of Stoughton, Massachusetts has been filled with singing!
It is believed to be the oldest continuous singing tradition of its type in the United States of America.
Many who study and sing early American choral music are unaware of this long and distinguished musical past in Stoughton, beginning as far back as the 1760s!
Among Stoughton's distinctions are two historic musical societies:
The Musical Society in Stoughton (MSIS) - organized in 1802 and disbanded in 1982. This Society accepted only Stoughton residents, and among them were some highly talented musicians and a few composers, like Alanson Belcher and E.A. Jones.
The Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS) - still exists and is now the OLDEST CONTINUING CHORAL SOCIETY IN THE USA. It was organized on November 7, 1786.
This musical society was officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records in 1985 as the oldest in the U.S.A., thanks to material provided by musicologist, Roger Lee Hall.
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Multimedia DVDs for computer
(historical information, pictures, music, videos)
Stoughton, Massachusetts has the distinction of having the oldest singing society in the United States of America.
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first documented singing meetings in Stoughton, a multi-media computer disc has been prepared by musicologist, Roger Hall, with historical information about singing meetings and concerts in Stoughton, Avon, Braintree, Brockton, Canton, Randolph, Sharon and other area towns.
This survey covers the two hundred years from 1762 to 1912 with the two town musical societies and does not include the music activities of the Stoughton public schools since that is a separate town-sponsored function.
This PDF book is useful for musicians, musicologists, historians, geneologists, researchers, teachers, students,
and anyone interested in local or regional history.
"DEDICATION" -
Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992
by Roger L. Hall
(PineTree Press)
Read about this book -- click here
Music by Edwin Arthur Jones
(1853-1911)
"How Beautiful Upon The Mountains"
Music by Edwin Arthur Jones -
compiled and edited by Roger L. Hall
Included on the DVD-ROM or USB Flash Drive
are the monograph about his life and music
plus
two music albums with his music
and these two video programs:
"Centennial Tribute to E.A. Jones" in 1987
"150th Birthday Party" at the Stoughton Historical Society in 2003
A World Premiere Performance
"Song of Our Saviour" by Edwin Arthur Jones
edited and conducted by Dr. Raymond Fahrner
Order your copy of
with the World Premiere Concert Performance in 1992
of the E.A. Jones Majestic Cantata from 1882:
"Song of Our Saviour"
for soloists, chorus , organ and orchestra --
click here
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Glory, Hallelujah - Songs and Hymns of the Civil War Era
Thanks to the efforts of musicologist and composer, Roger Lee Hall, the Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS) was listed as America's oldest choral society in The Guinness Book of Records and in Chase's Calendar of Events.
For many years he has been involved with music preservation.
He served as the first Chairman of the Stoughton Arts Council from 1980 to 1984, and also was a member of the Massachusetts Arts Advisory Committee during the 1980s.
Between 1979 and 1987, he was the Historian and Vice-President of the Old Stoughton Musical Society and organized several music festivals:
"Music in Old New England" (1978) and "Musick in Old Boston" (1980).
Also, he was the Chairman of the Old Stoughton Musical Society Bicentennial Committee in 1986.
In 1980 he discovered all the manuscript music of E.A. Jones and especially his major work, the cantata titled, Song of Our Saviour, which received its World Premiere performance in Stoughton in 1992 and was written about in the Boston Globe newspaper.
Hall was the OSMS conductor for several seasons and composed two commemorative choruses for them:
"Peace" (premiered in 1981)
"Dedication" (premiered in 1986)
To read about his preservation efforts, click on this link:
Saving Local Music
He is now Director of the Center for American Music [CAMP].
These are a few of his programs presented at
the Stoughton Public Library:
"E.A. Jones: His Life and Music" (1984)
"Old Stoughton and The Grand Constitution" (1987)
"A Stoughton Musicfest: A Celebration of Local Composers and Musicians" (1990)
"Lincoln and Liberty" (2009)
"Runnin' Wild: Molasses and Music Merriment" (2009)
Rpoger Hall is available to present his entertaining and educational programs for colleges, schools, libraries, historical societies or other organizations.
See his music programs listed at this link:
Lectures and Workshops
Related Links
Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)
New England Music Archive
Singing Stoughton
Stoughton Musical Society (Wikipedia article)
Stoughton Historical Society
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