"Auld Lang Syne" -
America Holiday Songs and Carols
(AMRC CD 0023)


 

Father Rober Kemp (1820-1897)
Conductor of the "Old Folks Concerts"
in the 19th century


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:

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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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