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"Brave America"
American History in Song
,
1770-1876

AMRC CD 0044

 

 

 

 

Protest and American Revolution (1770-1778)

 

Though the song is now usually titled "Free America" it was
originally titled "The New Massachusetts Liberty Song" and
here is the first verse :

That Seat of Science Athens, and Earth's great Mistress Rome,
Where now are all their Glories, we scarce can find their Tomb:
Then guard your Rights, AMERICANS! nor stoop to lawless Sway,
Oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose, my BRAVE AMERICA.

 

 

Protest and Patriotism (1770-1783)

1. +Brave America
(aka: The New Massachusetts Liberty Song)
tune: THE BRITISH GRENADIERS -
words by Dr. Joseph Warren, 1770

 

2. +Father and I went down to camp (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)-
words attributed to Edward Bangs, 1776 - arr. William A. Fisher

3. Chester - William Billings, 1778

4. +Thanksgiving Hymn - tune: William Billings, 1778
words by unknown author
written for the end of the American Revolution, ca. 1783
edited by Roger Hall

 

 

Constitution and First U.S. President (1788-1789)

5. +U.S. Constitution Song (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)
words by unknown author, 1788/ed. by Roger Hall

6. +Ode to President George Washington -
words: Samuel Low,1789/
tune: GOD SAVE THE KING/ed. by Roger Hall

 

 

 

 


Singing-Masters and Second U.S. President (1790-1798)

7. Anthem for Thanksgiving - William Billings, 1794

8. Coronation - Oliver Holden, 1792
(one of the only early American hymns still sung in churches)
click here for streaming music example

9. +Victory - Daniel Read, 1793

10. Adams and Liberty (tune: TO ANACREON)
text: Thomas R.T. Paine, 1798

 


Patriotism and Revivalism (1814-1848)

 

 

 

 

11. +The Star-Spangled Banner -
words: Francis Scott Key, 1814
(1860 choral version)

12. +Simple Gifts - Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848/ edited by Roger Hall
- click here for streaming music example

 

 

 

The Civil War: North and South (1861-1865)

13. +John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1861-1862-

14. The Bonnie Blue Flag - words: Harry McCarthy,1861

15. Go Down, Moses - Spiritual, ca. 1862

16. Farewell, Friend and Guardian - words: L.M. Dawn
music" George F. Root, 1865 (Funeral hymn for Abraham Lincoln)

 

 


National Peace Jubilee and U.S. Centennial (1869-1876)

17. Chorus: Hymn of Peace - words: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.,
music: Matthias Keller (American Hymn) - first performance at
the Grand National Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1869

18. +Cantata: Centennial Meditation of Columbia - text: Sidney Lanier,
music: Dudley Buck - composed for the U.S. Centennial in 1876

+ = First recording

 

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