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Title

In sound and word [sound recording] : [exploring] 19th- & 20th-century American [choral] works / Dessoff Choirs.

Author

Dessoff Choirs. prf

Publication

Mar. 2, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Billings, William, 1746-1800.
• Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
• Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
• Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
• Bagwell, James.
• Fairweather, Christina Hartman.
• Loyd, Ron.
• Dougherty, Brian (Tenor)
• Ryan, Steven W.
• McCurry, John G. (John Gordon), 1821-1886.
• Holden, Oliver, 1765-1844.
• Law, Andrew, 1749-1821.
• Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884.
• Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895.
• Kittredge, Walter, 1834-1905.
• Poulton, George R., 1828-1867.
• Holyoke, Samuel, 1762-1820.
• Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867.
• Walker, William, 1809-1875.
• Lowry, Robert, 1826-1899.
• Cagle, A. M. (A. Marcus), 1884-1968.
• Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
• Dessoff Choirs. dnr NN-RHA

Found In

Dessoff Choirs collection.

Description

2 sound discs (72:10) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Amazing grace (Hymn)

Alternative Title

• In sound & word, exploring nineteenth and twentieth century American choral works
• 19th & 20th century American works
• Singing school.
• Washington.
• Promised land.
• Jerusalem.
• Weeping Mary.
• Vive la Compagnie.
• Murillo's lesson.
• Hallelujah.
• Dessoff Choirs collection.

Subjects

• Psalms (Music) > 67th Psalm
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with piano
• Hymns, English
• Shape-note singing
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano
• Sacred harp
• Church music > United States
• Sacred vocal music > United States
• Vocal music > United States
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Note

• Compact disc.
• Program notes by James Bagwell, including biographical information on the composers and performers, and English texts ([25] p. : ill., ports.) with insert (1 envel. : ill.) available in *LDCO 1003.
• Original live, unedited recording.

Credits (note)

• Christopher Greenleaf, recording engineer.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Old First Reformed Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. on Mar. 2, 2008.

Source (note)

• Dessoff Choirs;

Language (note)

• Sung and spoken in English.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Dessoff Choirs collection.

Contents

• CD 1. Applause (0:38) -- Modern music (The palm singer's amusement, 1781) / W. Billings (2:43) -- Singing school (The social harp, 1855) / J. H. Moss (1:14) -- [Words by W. Billings] (1:20) -- Ode on music (American harmony, 1792) / O. Holden (3:25) -- Chester (The Suffolk harmony, 1756) / W. Billings (1:18) -- Bunker Hill (Worcester collection, 1786) / A. Law (1:13) -- [Medley:] Marching through Georgia (1865) / H. C. Work [(1:59)] ; The battle cry of freedom (1862) / G. F. Root [(1:34)] -- Applause (0:15) -- [Poem addressed to George Washington] / P. Wheatley (1:10) -- Washington (Repository of sacred music, 1813) / Anon. (1:36) -- [The wound-dresser, stanza 3] / W. Whitman (1:53) -- Tenting on the old campground (1864) / W. Kittredge (3:30) -- Applause (0:13) -- Aura Lea (1861) / G. R. Poulton (2:40) -- Applause (0:15) -- Sandusky (The Massachusetts compiler, 1795) / S. Holyoke (1:28) -- Darling Nelly Gray (1856) / B. Hanby (2:53) -- Applause (0:12) -- [Minutes of the Mt. Zion Church All-day singing, Mt. Zion, Ga., 1957] (2:10) -- Saints bound for heaven (Original sacred harp, 1884) / W. Walker (1:14)
• CD 2. Applause (0:10) -- [Excerpt from chapter 1 of Democracy in America] / A. de Tocqueville (1:27) -- Jordan (The Suffolk harmony, 1786) / W. Billings (1:54) -- Beautiful river (1864) / R. Lowry (2:09) -- The promised land (Southern harmony, 1854) / Miss. M. Durham (1:20) -- [What's Sacred harp?] / Anon. documentist (1:42) -- Jerusalem (Social harp, 1855) / Anon. (1:52) -- New Britain [i.e. Amazing grace] (Social harp, 1855) / Anon. (2:15) -- Weeping Mary (Social harp, 1855) / J. McCurry (1:56) -- Soar away (Original sacred harp, 1971) / A. M. Cagle (1:47) -- Applause and stage noise (0:46) -- [Words by Charles Ives] (1:13) -- Psalm 67 (1897) / C. Ives (2:37) -- Lark (1941) / A. Copland (4:09) -- Applause (0:21) -- Vive la Compagnie (1844) / Anon. (0:57) -- Murillo's lesson (Social harp, 1855) / Anon. (1:19) -- [Excerpt from "A touching story of George Washington's boyhood"] / M. Twain (2:18) -- Hallelujah (Original sacred harp, 1844) / Anon. (2:18) -- Applause (1:36) -- Final remarks / J. Bagwell (1:01) -- Saints bound for heaven, verse 1 (reprise) / W. Walker (0:56) -- Applause (0:24)

Call Number

*LDCO 1003

OCLC

476311945

Author

Dessoff Choirs. Performer

Title

In sound and word [sound recording] : [exploring] 19th- & 20th-century American [choral] works / Dessoff Choirs.

Imprint

Mar. 2, 2008.

Playing Time

003533 003637

Credits

Christopher Greenleaf, recording engineer.

Performer

Christina H[artman] Fairweather, soprano (4th work) ; Ron Loyd, baritone (7th, 12th, 29th works) ; Brian Dougherty, tenor (12th-13rd, 15th works) ; Unidentified performers of additional non-musical narratives (3rd, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 22nd, 27th, 32nd works) ; Steven [W.] Ryan, piano ; James Bagwell, conductor.

Event

Recorded at Old First Reformed Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. on Mar. 2, 2008.

Language

Sung and spoken in English.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Dessoff Choirs collection.

Source

Gift; Dessoff Choirs; 1998; *L(Special) 98-13.

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Added Author

Billings, William, 1746-1800. Works. Selections.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Works. Selections.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Touching story of George Washington's boyhood. Selections.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass. Selections.

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. To his excellency, George Washington.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique. English. Selections.

Bagwell, James. Conductor

Fairweather, Christina Hartman. Performer

Loyd, Ron. Performer

Dougherty, Brian (Tenor) Performer

Ryan, Steven W. Performer

Billings, William, 1746-1800. Psalm-singer's amusement. Modern music.

McCurry, John G. (John Gordon), 1821-1886. Social harp. Selections.

Holden, Oliver, 1765-1844. American harmony. Ode on music.

Billings, William, 1746-1800. New-England psalm-singer. Chester.

Law, Andrew, 1749-1821. Bunker Hill.

Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884. Marching through Georgia.

Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895. Battle cry of freedom.

Kittredge, Walter, 1834-1905. Tenting tonight on the old camp ground.

Poulton, George R., 1828-1867. Aura Lea.

Holyoke, Samuel, 1762-1820. Sandusky.

Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867. Darling Nelly Gray.

Walker, William, 1809-1875. Southern harmony. Saints bound for Heaven.

Billings, William, 1746-1800. Suffolk harmony. Jordan.

Lowry, Robert, 1826-1899. Shall we gather at the river?

Cagle, A. M. (A. Marcus), 1884-1968. Soar away.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Psalm 67.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Lark.

Dessoff Choirs. Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Singing school.

Washington.

Promised land.

Jerusalem.

Amazing grace (Hymn)

Weeping Mary.

Vive la Compagnie.

Murillo's lesson.

Hallelujah.

Dessoff Choirs collection.

Found In:

Dessoff Choirs collection.

Research Call Number

*LDCO 1003