Major New AMRA Release!

Treasures of Earlier American Music
(PTME 1014)

Producer: Roger Lee Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



This collection of music selections from the American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
contains one of the largest survey of recordings of historical American music, including many Premiere Recordings.

It is available in separate volumes for each century or all three volumes together on on CD-ROM.


The recordings contain music from the five areas which are highlighted on American Music Preservation.com:



I. American Classical Composers

II. Music from Earlier New England

III. Music of the Shakers

IV. Music in Films

V. Popular songs - From The Civil War to The Cold War

 

The selections for each of the volumes highlighting 225 years,
and click the links to hear a few music streaming examples (© AMRA):



Volume I:18th Century - Birth of American Freedom(1768-1798)



 

 

 

Music sample 1: "The Liberty Song" (1768) -- arr. William A. Fisher

Music sample 2: "The New Massachusutts Liberty Song" (1770) - tune" British Grenadiers

Music sample 3: "Ode to President George Washington" (1789) -- ed. Roger L. Hall

 

 

 

Volume II: The 19th Century - From Expansion to The Gilded Age (1802-1898)



Music sample 1: "Dormant" (1802) --Jacob French, composer

Music sample 2: "Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian" (1865) -- George F, Root, composer
(Funeral song for President Abraham Lincoln)

Music sample 3: "Quoniam, tu solus" from Mass in Eb (1892) -- Amy Cheney Beach, composer




 

 

Volume III: The 20th Century - From Broadway to Hollywood (1904-1993)



Music sample 1: "Give My Regards To Broadway" (1904) & 3 other songs -- George M. Cohan composer

Music sample 2: "CITIZEN KANE" (Opening scene,1941) --Bernard Herrmann, composer

Music sample 3: "Thanks For The Memory" (1938) - Farewell song of radio program, 1993





 

 

 

American Composers featured in the

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

for teaching or research

 

 

18th century

"Majesty" - Best of William Billings
(AMRC 0001)

20 Tracks (Total Time = 70:45)

Music by America's first important American composer of choral music, including these tunes: CHESTER, CLAREMONT, DAVID'S LAMENTATION, STOUGHTON, MAJESTY. Also, larger works like these: MODERN MUSIC, THANKSGIVING ANTHEM, ANTHEM FROM SUNDRY SOURCES, EUROCLYDON (Anthem For Mariners), and CHARITY.

 

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"Make A Joyful Noise" - The New England Harmony
(AMRC 0004)

Music by six composers from early new England termed "The First New England School": Supply Belcher, William Billings, Jacob French, Oliver Holden, Jeremiah Ingalls, Daniel Read.

 

 

19th century

"Praise Ye The Lord" - Music by Oliver Shaw, Lowell Mason, Dudley Buck, Edwin A. Jones, George W. Chadwick, Charles E. Ives
(AMRC 0002)

Music by six New England composers from the 19th centuriy with rareely heard music, including the 1872 Peace Jubilee hymn and the official U.S. Centennial Cantata by Dudley Buck; a Dartmouth College glee club chorus by Edwin Arthur Jones; an Easter Carol by Charles Ives; and a rousing World War I era patriotic chorus finale by George Whitefield Chadwick. Most of these pieces are World Premiere Recordings.

 

20th century

Memorial Music for Charles T. Griffes, Samuel Barber,
Randall Thompson (AMRC 0003)

A Conversation with Aaron Copland
(AMRC 0005)

The conversation with composer Aaron Copland took place at his home in Cortlandt, New York on 21 July 1980.The interviewer was composer and musicologist, Roger Hall.

 

A Conversation with Virgil Thomson
(AMRC 0006)

This interview with composer Virgil Thomson took place at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland on 18 April 1979.The interviewer was composer and musicologist, Roger Hall.

 

 

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