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"Free America"
American History in Song
1770-1876
--First printing of the text by Dr. Joseph Warren in 1770
sung to the tune: "THE BRITISH GRENADIERS"
AMRC Album 0044
Compiled and edited by Roger Lee Hall
+ = First recording
Protest Song to First President
(1770-1789)
1. Protest Song:
+The New Massachusetts Liberty Song
tune: THE BRITISH GRENADIERS (early 17th century)
text by Dr. Joseph Warren, 1770Listen to this original version
sung by Arthur Schrader on YouTube -- hereThis early protest song was first performed in Boston in 1770.
A few years later it was retitled "Free America" in 1774
which is the version known today.
Audio clip:
"The British Grenadiers" and "Free America"
sung by Phillip Hawke with Band of Musick
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
2. Boston Yankee Doodle Ballad:
+Father and I went down to camp (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)-
words by Edward Bangs, Harvard College, 1776
arranged by William A. Fisher
sung by Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus
3. Folk ballad: The Fate of GeneraL John Burgoyne
sung by Tony Saletan and The Yankee Tunesmiths
4. War song: Chester -
William Billings, words & music, 1778
Phillip Doddridge, new text with W. Billings music,1786
sung by The Yankee Tunesmiths and
Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus5. +Thanksgiving Hymn - tune: William Billings, 1778
words by unknown author
written ca. 1783 for the end of the American Revolution
edited by Roger L. Hall
sung by Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus
6. +Ode to President George Washington -
words: Samuel Low,1789
Sung at George Washington's
Inauguration as First President
ceremony held in New York City
tune: GOD SAVE THE KING
edited by Roger Lee Hallsung by
Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus
New England Tunesmiths
and Second U.S. President
(1790-1798)
7. Anthem for Thanksgiving - William Billings, 1794
8. Coronation - Oliver Holden, 1792
(one of the early American hymns still sung in churches)
first line: "All hail the power of Jesus name"
9. +Victory - Daniel Read, 1793
first line: "Now shall my head be lifted high"
10. Adams and Liberty (tune: TO ANACREON)
text: Thomas R.T. Paine, 1798
first line: "Ye sons of Columbia who bravely have fought"
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/ Shaker dance song
edited by Roger L. Hall
The Civil War: North and South
(1861-1865)
13. +John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1861-1862
19th century choral versions of both songs with same tune14. The Bonnie Blue Flag - words: Harry McCarthy,1861
15. Go Down, Moses - Afro-American Spiritual, ca. 1862
16. +Give Us This Day - Steven Foster, 1863
17. When Johnny Comes Marching Home" -
Lewis Lambert (Patrick S. Gilmore), 186318. Farewell, Father Friend and Guardian -
words: L.M. Dawn
music: George F. Root, 1865
Funeral hymn written in memory of President Abraham Lincoln
This beautiful and poignant hymn is available on this AMRC CD
National Peace Jubilee and U.S. Centennial
(1869-1876)19. +Chorus: Hymn of Peace
words: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
music: Matthias Keller
first performance of this chorus
at the Grand National Peace Jubilee
held in Boston in 186920. +Cantata: Centennial Meditation of Columbia -
text: Sidney Lanier
music: Dudley Buck
composed for the U.S. Centennial in 1876
Both 19 & 20 performed in the piano-vocal versions
by Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus+ = First recording
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vocal and instrumental music from earlier America
THE BIRTH OF LIBERTY - Music of the American Revolution
FREE AMERICA - Early Songs of Resistance and Rebellion
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