21th National Carry A Tune Week

 

Tunes Chosen for the final week

of October 3-9, 2021

 



 

List of the tunes chosen
in these categories:

 

I. Patriotic Music

II. Folk Music

III. Religious Music

IV. Popular Music

V. Classical Music

VI. Film Music

 

 

This free online event has been sponsored each year by

The American Tune Lovers Society

 

 

Thank you to those few who participated in this last Tune Week survey in 2021.

A few tunes below have links to other pages on this website.

Many have links to YouTube so you watch videos of the tunes.

 

 

Here are the 25 tunes chosen for the
21st Annual National Carry A Tune Week
(click links for YouTube)...

 

 

 

Patriotic Music = 2 tunes

 

 

 

From Gail:

"The Egg" - music by Sherman Edwards from the musical, 1776

YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ubj8G5smeA

 

 

From Roger:


"Gentle Peace" (1990)


This song is based on an anti-war poem written by a 10 year-old girl,
Esther Talbot from Stoughton, Massachusetts in 1814,
and written months before "The Star-Spangled Banner"
with lyrics by Francis Scott Key. I wrote the first version
of the tune titled, "Peace," in 1981 for a special concert in celebration
of the Centennial of Stoughton Town Hall. It was revised for
"A Stoughton Musicfest" for solo quartet, flute and piano in 1990.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folk Music = 4 tunes

 

From Margaret:

"Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"

"The Water Is Wide"

"Wayfaring Stranger"

 

 

“Shenandoah” –
arranged by Celius Dougherty (1948)

A favorite sea song beautifully sung here by bass-baritone, Eric Sosman, accompanied by pianist Margarert Ulmer, who chose all the music and also wrote the booklet notes for this AMRC CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious Music = 4 tunes

From Beate:

Ransomed Bluegrass : I'll Fly Away

 

From Gail:

 

 

From Margaret:

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

 

From Roger:

"Euroclydon (Anthem for Mariners) - William Billings, 1781

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Popular Music = 10 tunes

 

From Beate:

Elvis Presley : Suspicius Minds

John Denver : Take Me Home Country Road

Gloria Gaynor : I Will Survive

 

 

From Gail:

Music! Music! Music!  Teresa Brewer - Music Music Music - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYwP6PNYRA>

 

 

From Jim:

‘Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet.  
Almost certainly the best known of Brubeck’s jazz compositions.
 It is so inventive and humorous.  Paul Desmond’s alto saxophone is wonderful.

 

 

From Margaret:

"My Funny Valentine"

"The Sounds of Silence"

 

 

From Roger:

"Dream World" (1961)

This is my first pop song I wrote
while stationed in the Army in Germany.
I wrote the song while in a reflective mood.
The lyrics begin:

"There's a rainbow in the sky,
While the birds sing a lullaby,
It's a Dream World."

It is also the title of my book which contains
my early pop songs, poems, and stories.

 

 

 

Classical Music = 2 tunes

 

 

From Jim:

“Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber.
No matter how many times I hear it, this musical elegy always is moving.

 

 


From Roger:

 

“Seven Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune” – music by Roger Lee Hall

This tune was found in a Shaker theory book by Isaac N. Youngs from 1843.
I arranged it using a series of variations on the Shaker tune usinf various
compositional style. It has been recorded by three different pianists on three CDs:

American Places - Margaret Ulmer, pianist

Celestial Praises - Kathryn Southworth, pianist

Gentle Words - David Hagan, pianist

 

 

 

 

 

Film Music = 3 tunes
(Songs and Themes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Gail:

Make 'Em laugh  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QTkKLWW_myw

 

 

From Jim:


"Wonderful, Wonderful Day” - music by Gene dePaul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer
 Sung by Jane Powell in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS.  

 

 

From Roger:

"Moon River" from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - Henry Mancini,
lyrics by Johnny Mercer - Academy Award winner for 1961

See a tribute to Henry Mancini - click here

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 



 

 

 


National Carry A Tune Week
2021 =25 tunes chosen

Total Tunes from 2001 to 2021 = 593 tunes

 

 


 

Are you a teacher, musician or music lover?

See this catalogue of CDs for classical, folk, popular and film music at the

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sammy Film Music Awards

The longest-running awards for film music recordings

See the complete list -

click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centennial Tributes:

Leroy Anderson (classical-crossover composer)

Gene Autry (western singer-songwriter)

Sammy Cahn (lyricist)

Bette Davis (actress, singer)

Jerome Moross (composer)

Miklos Rozsa (film composer)

Walter Schumann (film composer)

Jimmy Stewart (actor, singer)

 

 


 

See the composers listed on the

Tunemaker Hall of Fame

 

 

 

 

 

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