A useful music collection for teachers, students,
researchers or anyone interested in American music history.

Earlier American Composers:
A Survey in Sound, 1759-1919

Compiled and Edited
by Roger L. Hall

 

 

This is a collection in four volumes on a CD-ROM
with 50 music examples and with many Premiere Recordings.

 

+ = First recordings = 30

Volume 1: 1759-1799

1. My days have been so wondrous free - Francis Hopkinson
2. +Make a joyful noise - Supply Belcher
3. Chester - William Billings
4. David's Lamentation - William Billings
5. +Majesty - William Billings
6. +Charity - William Billings
7. The Heavenly Vision - Jacob French
8. Dormant - Jacob French
9. +Confidence - Oliver Holden
10. Coronation - Oliver Holden
11. +Mount Vernon - Oliver Holden
12. Windom - Daniel Read
13. Sherburne - Daniel Read
14. Greenwich - Daniel Read
15. Northfield - Jeremiah Ingalls
16. The Young Convert - Jeremiah Ingalls

Volume 2: 1800-1865

1. +Hymn For The New Year - Oliver Shaw
2. +Stoughton Waltz - Oliver Shaw
3. +The Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful - Stephen Foster
4. +Over The River - Stephen Foster
5. +What Shall The Harvest Be? - Stephen Foster
6. +Choral Harp - Stephen Foster
7. We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More - Stephen Foster
8. +Give Us This Day - Stephen Foster

 

    

Volume 3: 1866-1890

1. +Festival Hymn (1872) - Dudley Buck
2. +Centennial Meditation of Columbia (1876 U.S. Centennial) - Dudley Buck
3. +Prelude & Fugue in G minor for organ - Edwin Arthur Jones
4. +Praise Ye The Lord (Dartmouth Glee Club) - E. A. Jones
5. +Blessing and Glory (Dartmouth Glee club) - E.A. Jones
6. +Trio for Strings - E.A. Jones
7. +Song of Our Saviour (Alto Air) - E.A. Jones
8. +Song of Our Saviour (Bass recitative & Final Chorus) - E.A. Jones
9. +Old Stoughton - E.A. Jones
10. +String Quartet No. 2 in G minor - E.A. Jones
11. +EASTER CONCERT oratorio (Lord God of Hosts) - E.A. Jones
12. +EASTER CONCERT (O Thou that hearest prayer) - E.A. Jones
13. +EASTER CONCERT (The Lord is King) - E.A. Jones
14. +The Farewell Waltzes fro piano - E.A. Jones

    

 

Volume 4: 1891-1919

1. Quintet in F# minor (1st movement) - Amy Beach
2. Quintet in F# minor (2nd movement) - Amy Beach
3. Qunitet in F# minor (3rd movement) - Amy Beach
4. Quonium tu solus (from Mass in Eb) - Amy Beach
5. Turn Ye - Charles Edward Ives
6. Easter Carol - Charles E. Ives
7. +Crossing The Bar - Charles E. Ives
8. +The Star (Prelude to NOEL) - George Whitefield Chadwick
9. +Chorale from NOEL - George W. Chadwick
10. Land of Our Hearts - George W. Chadwick
11. +Song of the Marching Men (from THE NEW EARTH) - Henry Kimball Hadley
12. Swipesy Cake Walk - Scott Joplin

 

 

To receive all four volumes with 50 music examples
on one convenient DVD-ROM
Just click on the Add to Cart below
including shipping cost for $32.00
through safe and secure PayPal.

 

Other links for rare recordings of musical Americana:

American Music Resource Editions [AMRE]

Center for American Music Preservation [CAMP]

Essential American Recordings Series [EARS]

PineTree Multimedia Editions [PTME)

 

---

 

Please help support the educational mission of the

Center for American Music Preservation

Order any of the books, music collections, CDs and DVDs at the

Store

---

Return to top of this page