Track Listing

1. World Turned Upside Down, The
2. Love In A Village / Love Forever
3. Rights Of Man, The
4. When Jesus Wept
5. Billings Suite
6. Dutchess Of Brunswick
7. Young Widow / Black Joke
8. New German Spa
9. Pretty Little Horses
10. Sweet Richard
11. Fisher's Hornpipe / Patterson's Hornpipe
12. Rights Of Conscience

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75961 in Music
• Released on: 2001-08-14
• Number of discs: 1

About the Artist
Barry Phillips and Friends explore the colorful variety of music popular in late 18th and early 19th century America, from elegant Colonial drawing rooms to homely frontier hearths to rollicking waterside taverns. The title tune, according to legend, was played by Cornwallis' surrendering troops at Yorktown; the album also includes dances and folk songs (All The Pretty Little Horses, Rights of Man, Fisher's Hornpipe, Love in a Village) along with a suite of early American classical music by the Boston master William Billings. As always, liner notes provide colorful background history of the music and the times.

Customer Reviews

Awesome Thanksgiving Music
This selection of instrumental music, first heard by my husband and me in Williamsburg, VA. has become our family's special "Thanskgiving Music"; approprately, since the whole concept of "The World Turned Upside Down" was based on the effect of Christianity on the world. Lovely, beautifully played music! Met all of our expectations.

A great message.
I had this CD delivered to someone I filled a lawsuit against. They finally settled out of court in my favor. When they asked what was this? My lawyer indicated, "Why don't you know your history? The title piece was the tune British General Cornwallis played at the surrender of Yorktown to General Washington."

How fitting!

A thoroughly enjoyable album
I love this album, and I listen to it frequently. Barry Phillips, I hope you follow up this album with another one that is very similar to this one. The musicianship is superb. It is a highly enjoyable album.