Music
celebrating American holidays
for the entire year
from
live concerts
and studio recordings
There are 5 sample music
links (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 20) for listening only -- please do not copy.
+ = First Recording
New Year's Day
1. +A NEW YEAR'S PRAYER - poem by Sister R. Mildred Barker, 1921/
music by Roger Lee Hall
Soloists: Susan Papinsick, Jim Miller
The Canterbury Singers, Kathryn Southworth, Director
To listen to this title -- click here
Available on this CD:
click here
Martin Luther King Day
2. Go Down, Moses - Afro-American Spiritual, ca. 1862
Lincoln's Birthday
3. LINCON AND LIBERTY - 1860 Campaign Song
To listen to this song --click here
Both songs available on:
Washington's Birthday
4. A TOAST -Tribute song to George Washington by Francis Hopkinson, 1778
Music from eras of Washington and Lincoln -- click here
Easter
5. +Savior, Like A Shephard Lead Us from EASTER CONCERT - Edwin A. Jones, 1890
To listen to this title -- click here
6. +EASTER CAROL - Charles E. Ives, 1892 -
available on "Praise Ye The Lord" - Music by Six New England Composers (AMRC 0003)
Memorial Day (Decoration Day)
AMRC 0027 - "A Dedication Concert"
7. +PEACE (Roger Lee Hall, 1981)
Soloist: Karen Pritchard
Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus
Roger Hall, Conductor
To listen to this title
- click here
Indepedence Day (Fourth of July)
8. +Father and I Went Down To Camp (YANKEE DOODLE)
- arranged by William A. Fisher
9. CHESTER - William Billings, 1778/1786
Labor Day
10. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER - 19th century choral arrangement
Veterans Day
11. +SONG OF THE MARCHING MEN - Henry K. Hadley, 1919
Thanksgiving Day
Picture from Old Folks Concert in 1856
12. +PILGRIM THANKSGIVING (with reading from Of Plymoth Plantation,
1620-1647) and PSALM 100
13. WE GATHER TOGETHER (Prayer of Thanksgiving, 1894)
Christmas
14. CAROL - Supply Belcher, 1794
15. +NEW BETHLEHEM - Edward French, 1799
16. A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Charles E. Ives, 1894
17. NOEL (Chorale) - George W. Chadwick, 1909
18. +SHEPHERDS CAROL - arranged by Roger Lee Hall, 1978
19. SILENT NIGHT (First American version by
Rev. John Freeman Young, 1859)
New Year's Eve
20. + SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS (tune: AULD LANG SYNE)
American version by Albert Laighton, 1855
This song was sung in a concert celebrating
the 350th anniversary
of
Boston, Massachusetts in 1980
with the
Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus,
conducted by Roger Hall
Listen to this concert performance of the first verse -- click here
Read the article about the New England version of this song
and here is the sheet music from Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert Tunes:
Now you can receive all 20 of the above selections
on this special AMRC CD...
"Auld Lang Syne" -
American Holiday Songs and Carols
(AMRC CD 0023)
Produced by Roger Hall
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go to the American Music Recordings Collection -- click here
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