AN AMERICAN JOURNEY:
"Bound for the Promised Land" - Music
in Early America, c1750-1855
A journey along
the musical pathways of America from Colonial times
to the Civil War: New England singing masters' "Spir'tual
Songs"; patriotic Revolutionary ballads of the
"Sons of Liberty"; John Playford's country
dances; folk hymns from The Southern Harmony and other
popular early American tunebooks. Featuring fiddle wizard
Matt Glaser and banjo master Tony Trischka. |
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"... delight
follows delight ... exuberant, vital performances."
The Columbus Dispatch
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"PILGRIM'S
FAREWELL" – TRAVELING HOME |
| 1. Rochester (The Southern
Harmony, 1835) |
1:44 |
| 2. WILLIAM BILLINGS (1746-1800): Jordan
(The Suffolk Harmony, 1786) |
1:37 |
| 3. The
Promised Land –
The Traveller (The Southern Harmony)
|
4:08 |
| 4. Pilgrim's Farewell (Wyeth's Repository
of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813) |
2:30 |
| 5. Maxwell
(The Social Harp, 1855) |
2:21 |
"SONS
OF LIBERTY" – PATRIOTIC SONGS |
| 6. ANDREW LAW (1749-1821): Bunker Hill,
"A Sapphick Ode" - SUPPLY BELCHER
(1752-1836): Heroism (The Harmony of
Maine, 1794) |
4:06 |
| 7. Liberty Tree (The American Patriotic
Songbook, 1813) |
2:38 |
| 8. The Sons of Liberty (Anglo-American
Ballad) |
3:13 |
WILLIAM
BILLINGS: "THE SINGING MASTER'S ASSISTANT"
(1778) |
| 9. Anthem:
Is any afflicted |
1:37 |
| 10. Marshfield (Psalm 137) |
3:46 |
MUSICK'S
RECREATION - From HENRY PLAYFORD'S
ENGLISH DANCING MASTER (c1651-1728) |
| 11. The
Hole in the Wall |
1:46 |
| 12. Nonesuch |
1:13 |
| 13. Newcastle |
1:10 |
| 14. Cuckolds
all in a row |
1:10 |
| 15. The merry, merry milkmaids |
2:07 |
| 16. Sedany, or Dargason – Hunt the squirrel
|
1:27 |
PATH TO
GRACE |
| 17. Mercy's Free (The Southern Harmony) |
1:45 |
| 18. Springhill (Wyeth's Repository
. . . Part Second, 1813) |
2:29 |
| 19. Hebrew
Children
(The Southern Harmony) |
2:57 |
| 20. WILLIAM BILLINGS: Africa (The
Singing Master's Assistant) |
2:46 |
21. Ninety-Third Psalm – New Britain
("Amazing Grace";
The Southern Harmony) |
4:43 |
Total timings |
51:56 |
PERFORMERS:
Shannon Anderson, soprano;
Michèle Eaton, soprano;
Susanne Peck, soprano; Larry
Lipnik, countertenor, baritone;
Timothy Leigh Evans, tenor
& snare drum; John Olund,
tenor; John Shankweiler, tenor;
Joel Frederiksen, bass. Kay
Jaffee, flute, hammered dulcimer,
harp, recorder, drum; Michael
Jaffee, psaltery, guitar,
lute; Rosamund Morley, bass
viol, violone.
GUEST ARTISTS: Matt Glaser,
fiddle; Tony Trischka, banjo.
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