Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Hail To The Chief
2. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Listen To The Mocking Bird
3. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Palmyra Schottische
4. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Hail Columbia
5. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Freisch�tz Quickstep
6. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Parade
7. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Port Royal Galop
8. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Nightingale Waltz
9. Band Music Of The Union Troops: La Marseillaise
10. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Dixie & Bonnie Blue Flag
11. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Cheer Boys Cheer
12. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Luto Quickstep
13. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Old North State
14. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Easter Galop
15. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Come, dearest, the daylight is done
16. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Maryland, My Maryland
17. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Waltz No. 19
18. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Old Hundreth
19. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (The Girl I Left Behind)
20. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (The Recruiting Sergeant)
21. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Jefferson and Liberty)
22. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Old 1812)
23. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Carry Me Back)
24. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Liverpool Hornpipe)
25. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Newport)
26. Field Music Of Union And Confederate Troops: Camp, Garrison And Field Calls For Fifes And Drums: (Garry Owen)
27. The General - Boots & Saddles - To Horse - Assembly - To Arms - To The Standard - March - The Charge - Rally - Reveille - Stable Call - Watering Call - Breakfast - Assembly OF Guard - Orders - Assembly of Buglers - Retreat - Fatigue Call - etc.
28. The Sounds of the Conflict : Fort Sumner to Gettysburg

Disc 2:

1. Narration
2. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Twinkling Stars Quickstep
3. Band Music Of The Union Troops: O Kentucky, Kentucky
4. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
5. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Un Ballo in Maschera Quickstep
6. Band Music Of The Union Troops: St. Patrick's Day in the Morning
7. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Grafulla's Quickstep
8. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Gary Owen
9. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Cavalry Quickstep
10. Band Music Of The Union Troops: Storm Galop
11. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: 26th Regiment Quickstep
12. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Lulu's Gone
13. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Tramp, Tramp
14. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Juanita
15. Band Music of the Confederate Troops: Carry Me Back (To Old Virginny's Shore)
16. Bugle Singmals For The Service Of Skirmishers: Forward - Halt - To The Left - To The Right - About - Rally On Chief - Trot - Gallo - Commence Fire - Diperse - Charge-Right - Charge-Left - Recall - Retreat
17. Camp And Field Duty Calls For Fifes And Drums: Drummer's Call (I) - Drummer's Call (II) - Assembly - Long Roll
18. Camp And Field Duty Calls For Fifes And Drums: Drill Call - Guard Mount - Retreat - Surgeon's Call - Adjutant's Call - Tatto - Assembly - Fatigue
19. The Appomattox Bugle: Charge - Assembly - Taps
20. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: We Are Coming, Father Abra'am
21. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
22. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: Goober Peas
23. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: Tramp. Tramp, Tramp
24. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
25. Songs Of The Union And Confederate Soldiers: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
26. Firearms of the Civil War
27. The Sounds of Conflict: Gettysburg to Appomattox

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31767 in Music
• Brand: Philips
• Released on: 1990-12-10
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .41 pounds

Customer Reviews

A history lesson on CD.
This is not a just mere collection of music and songs from the Civil War era, but an actual attempt to teach the listener about the Civil War and its music.

As the other reviewers have noted, this double CD package reproduces the band music of the Civil War with authentic instruments and actual arrangements from the period. The viewer is treated to as close a fascimile of a Civil War regimental band as can be possible. However, there is a whole lot more to this collection than just brass band music. It also features fife and drum music, the bugle and drum calls used by the troops (including the actual "charge" which is very different from what we hear today in football stadiums), songs of the period sung by a male chorus accompanied by a lone banjo, and a narration which introduces several segments by giving background on the music and a brief history of the war. (I personally think the brief history of the war narration is the weakest part of the CD. The CD should have concentrated solely on the music and sounds of the war, and left the military history to writers and documentary makers.) Along with the music, the CD comes with other sounds of the war including the sounds of cannons, rifles, and carbines. Yes, the CD actually features the sounds of these weapons actually being fired on the firing range at West Point. If you ever wanted to hear what cannister being fired from a 12lb Napoleon really sounds like then this the CD for you!

Finally, this collection comes with a very thick little booklet which gives the listener tons of background on the making of the CDs and descriptions and historical information for everything on the CD's. It's particularly helpful in identifying the various bugle calls. This is a great collection for the serious Civil War buff.

BEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR MUSIC EVER
I have been a Civil War buff for over 40 years. This CD ( taken from a 4 album set recorded in the 1960s) was and still is the best I ever heard. No effort was spared in making this recording. All the instuments and arrangments are 1860s authentitic. Recording techniques used were state of the art in the 1960s and hold up well on the CD.You ain't gonna believe it !

Powerful music--it brings you back to the period...
I found that the music on this selection really grows on you--it gets better each time I listen to it. The Civil War has always interested me and Frederick Fennell does an excellent job by telling the story of Gettysburg to Appomattox through music, narration, and actual recorded sounds of weaponry used throughout the campaigns. I really like the fact that Fennell used the actual brass instruments of a band that was "there", on the battlefields, and even the selections played were taken from an original songbook from that band. I enjoyed listening to all the bugle calls and a neat booklet comes with the CD which details all of the selections. I think my favorite piece is at the end where the Star-spangled Banner is played, it is so powerful the way the brass band of that era played it. This CD-set is one of my favorites, I give it high marks all around!