Lay me low : Shaker spiritual (1:31) -- The battle for freedom. The morning trumpet / Benjamin Franklin White (3:17) ; He comes, the hero comes! / Henry Carey (1:55) ; The president's march / Philip Phile (1:26) ; The death of General Wolfe / America, 1790s ; arr. Joel Frederiksen (6:33) ; Jefferson and liberty : The gobby O / Ireland, 1780s (1:08) -- The father of American choral music. America (2:09) ; God is the king (9:12) ; I am the rose of Sharon (4:37) / William Billings -- Shape notes and singing schools. The gentleman soldier / England, 1907 (1:48) ; Tennessee harmony, 1818. Leander / text, Isaac Watts (1:37) ; Drumdelgie / Scotland, anonymous (1:01) ; Northfield / Jeremiah Ingalls (2:19) ; Captain Kidd / anonymous ; arranged Joel Frederiksen (1:33) ; Wondrous love / William Walker (4:35) -- Shaker spirituals. Come life, Shaker life (0:27) ; O love, sweet love (1:09) ; Now, my dear companions (1:14) ; Who will bow and bend like a willow (:59) ; My carnal life (1:04) ; Stubborn oak (1:07) ; Tis the gift to be simple (0:57) -- Music from the Civil War. The army of the free / text, Frank H. Norton (2:07) ; Maryland, my Maryland / text, James R. Randall (1:51) ; Lorena / J.P. Webster ; text, H.D.L. Webster (3:23) ; Dixie's land / Daniel D. Emmett (:39) ; Dance me a jig / Al Wood (1:46) -- Revival meetings and spirituals. Hard times come again no more / Stephen Collins Foster (4:14) ; Sinner man / traditional ; arranged Joel Frederiksen ; Hear, O Lord, when I cry / Massah M. Warner (1:42).
Language (note)
The vocal works sung in English.
Title
Rose of Sharon : 100 years of American music, 1770-1870.
Publisher
Arles : Harmonia Mundi, [2011]
Copyright date
℗2011
Playing time
011145
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Ensemble Phoenix Munich (Lydia Brotherton, soprano ; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano ; Timothy Leigh Evans, tenor, drum ; Joel Frederiksen, bass, guitar ; Karen Walthinsen, violin ; Andreas Haas, flute ; Domen Marinčič, violoncello ; Axel Wolf, guitar) ; Joel Frederiksen, director.
Event
Recorded 2010 May Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Oberpfalz, Germany.