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Homespun America: Mid-19th Century Brass Band, Social Orchestra & Choral Group Music
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Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Eaton's Grand March
- Semiramide, opera: Eaton's Grand March Giorno d'orrore
- Free and Easy
- Les rendez-vous
- Galop
- Departed Days
- Quickstep Blues
- Waltz
- Congo's Quickstep
- Crossing the Grand Sierras
- Famous Quadrilles
- Fireman's Polka
- Uncle Sam's Farm
- King Alcohol
- Don't Stay Away
- Vulture of the Alps
- Old Granite State
Disc 2:
- Hope Told a Flattering Tale, for cornet & band
- Pauper's Funeral
- Calomel
- The Peri Waltzes M. W.
- Felina Redowa de Salon
- The Guards Waltzes
- Quaker Medley Set Quadrilles
- Hand Organ Polka
- Old Folks' Quadrilles
- Peter's Quickstep
- Get Off the Track
- Excelsior
- Fourth of July Overture
- May Heaven's Graces
- Hail To the Chief
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #151021 in Music
- Released on: 1995-04-16
- Number of discs: 2
Customer Reviews
Makes me smile.
This is a 2 Disc set of charming 19th Century American music of the "everyday" variety: polkas, quadrilles, waltzes...tunes like "Pop Goes the Weasel" played sweetly and without a hint of irony. If you're looking for sophisticated concert music, look elsewhere. This is the music Americans were playing and hearing in park bands, "social orchestras", etc. Highlights include stunning performances by trumpet virtuoso Alan Vizutti on E-flat cornet. Also notable are the vocal quartet recreations of the spiritual songs and abolitionist anthems of the Hutchinson Family Singers. This collection is like a lively little piece of American history on disc, elegantly performed by all invloved. The 27-page booklet is crammed with interesting information.
Homespun America
Good historical performances. Something anyone ionterested in this period in American musical history should have.
Sensory Reliving of a Lost Time
I bought this originally because I play trumpet and saw Vizzutti's name on the list of artists. Of course, he's excellent, but what's really special here is that you can close your eyes and be back in the town park in small town America of the 2nd half of the 19th century when every town had a band while they waited for TV to be invented. I have a photo of my ancestors posing with the Mount Pleasant Mills (PA) band in the early 20th century and feel I'm there when I hear this music.
