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Sounds of history : The making of a nation.

Title
  1. Sounds of history : The making of a nation.
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  1. [Place of publication not identified] : Time, Inc., [1963], ©1963.

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Additional authors
  1. March, Fredric, 1897-1975
  2. Eldridge, Florence
  3. Collingwood, Charles
  4. Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
  5. Billings, William, 1746-1800.
  6. Law, Andrew, 1749-1821.
  7. Peter, Johann Friedrich, 1746-1813.
  8. Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
  9. Hewitt, James, 1770-1827.
  10. Garnett, Horatio.
  11. Phile, Philip, -1793.
Description
  1. 1 audio disc : 33 1/3 rpm, mono; 12 in.
Series statement
  1. Life history of the United States. Supplement ; Record 2, 1775 to 1789
Uniform title
  1. Life history of the United States. Supplement ; Record 2, 1775 to 1789.
Alternative title
  1. Making of a nation.
  2. White cockade.
  3. Johnny has gone for a soldier.
  4. Corn cobs.
  5. Waillie, waillie.
Subject
  1. Music > United States > 18th century
  2. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Songs and music
  3. United States > History > Sources
Contents
  1. Side 1: Documents. Captain Amos Barrett's memoir -- Lt. John Barker's report -- John Adams to William Barrett -- Dr. Joseph Warren's statement -- Abigail Adams to John Adams -- Gen. Thomas Gage's report --Abigail Adams to John Adams -- Sgt. R--'s report -- John Adams to James Warren -- Declaration of Independence -- Tom Paine's "American Crisis" -- Sgt. R--'s report -- Surgeon Waldo's diary -- British officer's report -- George Washington to Henry Lee -- George Washington to John Jay -- Richard Henry Lee speech -- Franklin on the signing of the Constitution -- Preamble to the Constitution.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Documents and music of the revolutionary period.
  2. Vocal works sung in English.
  3. Program notes by Virgil Thomson, and texts of selected vocal selections, on container.
  4. Contents (cont.). Side 2: Music of the revolutionary period (The white cockade -- Chester / William Billings -- Johnny has gone for a soldier -- American hero / Andrew Law -- Corn cobs, or Yankee notions). Salon music (Lamentation over Boston / William Billings -- Waillie, waillie -- Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello / John Frederick Peter -- Toast to General Washington / Francis Hopkinson -- Battle of Trenton / James Hewitt). Music of the new nation (Ode to the Fourth of July / Horatio Garnett -- President's march / Philip Phile)