Jeanie with the light brown hair / Stephen Foster ; arranged David Matthews (4:15) -- Beautiful dreamer / Stephen Foster ; arranged Colin Matthews (3:35) -- If you've only got a moustache (3:05) ; Camptown races (2:18) / Stephen Foster ; arranged David Cullen -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (4:44) ; I've just come from the fountain (1:31) / traditional ; arranged Carl Davis -- The Lord's prayer / Alfred Malotte ; arranged Carl Davis (3:57) -- Shenandoah / traditional ; arranged Carl Davis (3:11) -- Billy Boy / traditional ; arranged David Matthews (1:53) -- Go 'way from my window / John Jacob Niles ; arranged David Cullen (3:31) -- Five songs from Old American songs. Simple gifts (1:46) ; Ching-a-ring-chaw (1:32) ; Long time ago (6:13) ; I bought me a cat (2:15) ; At the river (3:23) / arranged Copland -- You're a grand old flag / George M. Cohan ; arranged Carl Davis (3:42) -- When Johnny comes marching home / traditional ; arranged David Matthews (2:04) -- God bless America / Irving Berlin ; arranged Carl Davis (2:53) -- I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier / [words by] Bryan ; [music by] Piantadosi ; arranged Carl Davis (2:25) -- Battle hymn of the republic / traditional ; arranged Carl Davis (3:53).
Note
Arrangements for mezzo-soprano and orchestra of American songs, principally traditional and popular; You're a grand old flag is from the musical George Washington, Jr.
Title
Beautiful dreamer : the great American songbook.
Publisher
London : Decca, [1986]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1985 August Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London.