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A New England Choral Sampler

Compiled by Roger Lee Hall

 

 

 

Pilgrims and Puritans

1. Arrival in the New World - narration / Psalm 8

2. Thanksgiving - narration/ Psalm 100

3. Psalm 23 (with lining-out)

4. Psalm 100

 

Revolution and Constitution

5. British Grenadiers and Free America (1770) - Dr. Joseph Warren

6. Father and I Went Down to Camp (tune: YANKEE DOODLE,1776)

7. Chester - William Billings, 1778

8. U.S. Constitution Song (tune: YANKEE DOODLE, 1788)

 

New England Singing-Masters

9. The Bird - William Billings, 1790

10. Anthem for Thanksgiving - William Billings, 1794

11. Coronation - Oliver Holden, 1792

12. Victory - Daniel Read, 1793

13. New Jerusalem - Jeremiah Ingalls, 1796

14. New Bethlehem - Edward French, 1799

 

Sacred Sounds

15. My Country 'Tis Of Thee (tune: AMERICA) - Samuel F. Smith,1831

16. Narragansett Indian Hymn - Thomas Cummock, 1845

17. Simple Gifts (Shaker Dance Song) - Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848

18. Millennial Praise (Shaker Anthem) - Elder James G. Russell,1883

 

1850s and 1860s

19. Song of the Old Folks (tune: AULD LANG SYNE, 1855)

20. John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861-62)

21. Angel of Peace (tune: AMERICAN HYMN, 1869)

1870s to 1890s

22. Peace and Music - Dudley Buck, 1872

23. Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims - Temperance hymn, 1870s

24. How Beautiful Upon The Mountains - Edwin A. Jones, 1881

25. We Gather Together (Prayer of Thanksgiving) - Thedore Baker, 1894

26. America the Beautiful - words: Katharine Lee Bates, 1895

1900 to 1920

27. How Lovely Shines The Morning Star - George W. Chadwick,1909

28. The Collection - Charles E. Ives, 1920

1980s

29. O Boston! - arranged by Roger Hall, 1980
(written for the 350th anniversary of the City of Boston)

30. Peace - poem by Esther Talbot, 1814/
music by Roger Hall, 1981

 

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No. 1: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC and JOHN BROWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 2: GOIN' HOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 3:

ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH--
The Story of JINGLE BELLS

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


No. 4:

SIMPLE GIFTS --
Joseph Brackett's Shaker Dance Song





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 5:

SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS--
Father Kemp and Auld Lang Syne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 6:

FATHER AND I WENT DOWN TO CAMP--
The Boston Yankee Doodle Ballad

 

 

 

 

 

 


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