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performed by Peggy Lee, 1920-2002 (Acrobat, 2006), 51 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Peggy Lee, 1920-2002
Author / Creator
Peggy Lee, 1920-2002
Date Published / Released
2006-10-10
Publisher
Acrobat
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A Wonderful Time Up There
performed by Pat Boone, 1934- (Future Noise Music Ltd., 2008), 25 mins
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performed by Pat Boone, 1934- (Future Noise Music Ltd., 2008), 25 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Pat Boone, 1934-
Author / Creator
Pat Boone, 1934-
Date Published / Released
2008-06-23
Publisher
Future Noise Music Ltd.
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Wondrous Love
(Rounder Records, 2003), 40 mins
This album of unaccompanied choral music by the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City looks like a sampler from the outside, but the notes reveal a fairly specific program, which can be interpreted either as "Christ's persecution and suffering intermingled with his concession to {%God}'s will with his rede...
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(Rounder Records, 2003), 40 mins
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This album of unaccompanied choral music by the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City looks like a sampler from the outside, but the notes reveal a fairly specific program, which can be interpreted either as "Christ's persecution and suffering intermingled with his concession to {%God}'s will with his redeeming final transformation into pure Love" or, "on a humanistic plane...despair and lamenting giving way to a faint-but-growing hope of...
This album of unaccompanied choral music by the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City looks like a sampler from the outside, but the notes reveal a fairly specific program, which can be interpreted either as "Christ's persecution and suffering intermingled with his concession to {%God}'s will with his redeeming final transformation into pure Love" or, "on a humanistic plane...despair and lamenting giving way to a faint-but-growing hope of salvation, and arrival at a new destination, with an evolved perspective." The theological perspectives of some of the pieces are discussed in some detail, while others are only incidentally connected to the main narrative: Pérotin's Sederunt principes four-part organum is included only because it was intended for St. Stephen's Day, St. Stephen having more directly to do with the interpretation attached to the previous piece. Those for whom choral music serves as an adjunct to actual private worship may find this program useful; it's certainly unusual for a disc consisting of choral music in the classical tradition. As the inclusion of both Pérotin and the title-track Wondrous Love (from the American Sacred Harp folk choral tradition) might suggest, however, the most unusual aspect of this disc is the variety of music woven together into a single sequence. The norm with programs showcasing a single choir is to segment them chronologically, with Renaissance motets at the opening, perhaps a Bach section and some modern works, and then a rousing African-American spiritual or two to close things out. Wondrous Love boldly asserts the unity of a tradition starting with plainchant and running through the medieval (Pérotin), Renaissance (Tallis, Praetorius, Gesualdo), and Baroque (Bach) eras, through classic black and white American hymnody and up to modern times. And the album insists on the relevance of this entire tradition to modern worship. Selection is artfully done so that works flow naturally from one to another. The African-American spiritual tradition is represented, for example, by the fascinatingly linear, freely shaped arrangement of Motherless Child by Adolphus Hailstork, rather than by one of the more familiar arrangements using blues or jazz extended harmonies. And Gesualdo's O vos omnes, not as commonly performed as other short Renaissance sacred works, seems to fit right in with the more chromatic modern compositions; it shares the typical chromatic harmonies of the composer's madrigals. There are a few stretches on the album where momentum flags. There are sweeter performances of Bach's Komm, Jesu, komm delivered here. And several of the pieces specially commissioned for the choir suffer from a sameness of idiom. More successful are the modern works unconnected with the choir: Scottish composer James MacMillan offers a shimmering, mystical setting of the usually triumphant Christus Vincit text, and the final arrangement of the old American gospel hymn Blessed Assurance by Nancy Wertsch is both innovative and ecstatic. This is a choir that is doing much more than going through the motions. MSR deals unusually well with the challenges of the St. Ignatius Loyola space; everything stays clear, and the words of the singers are consistently intelligible. ~ James Manheim, All Music Guide
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Rounder Records
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performed by Johnny Adams, 1932-1998 (Rounder Records, 1991), 36 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Johnny Adams, 1932-1998
Author / Creator
Johnny Adams, 1932-1998
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Rounder Records
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The Wood Burns Red and Other Poems
written by Roberta Goldstein; produced by Scotti D'Arcy, 1923-1990 (Folkways Records, 1970), 45 mins
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written by Roberta Goldstein; produced by Scotti D'Arcy, 1923-1990 (Folkways Records, 1970), 45 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Scotti D'Arcy, 1923-1990
Author / Creator
Roberta Goldstein
Date Published / Released
1970
Publisher
Folkways Records
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The Wood Burns Red and Other Poems
The Wood Burns Red and Other Poems (Folkways Records, 1970)
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The Wood Burns Red and Other Poems (Folkways Records, 1970)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Liner note
Date Published / Released
1970
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas
produced by Terence Winch, 1945- and Nicholas R. Spitzer, fl. 1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997), 1 hour 13 mins
This anthology of Indian fiddle music of the Americas features performances by Indian musicians from Nova Scotia and Manitoba to North Dakota and Arizona, to Mexico, Peru, and elsewhere in Latin America. Using this most popular of instruments as a way to explore the great variety and creativity of Indian musical...
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produced by Terence Winch, 1945- and Nicholas R. Spitzer, fl. 1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997), 1 hour 13 mins
Description
This anthology of Indian fiddle music of the Americas features performances by Indian musicians from Nova Scotia and Manitoba to North Dakota and Arizona, to Mexico, Peru, and elsewhere in Latin America. Using this most popular of instruments as a way to explore the great variety and creativity of Indian musical traditionsfrom chicken scratch to the indigenous Apache fiddlethis recording expresses the capacity of Native cultures to adapt and...
This anthology of Indian fiddle music of the Americas features performances by Indian musicians from Nova Scotia and Manitoba to North Dakota and Arizona, to Mexico, Peru, and elsewhere in Latin America. Using this most popular of instruments as a way to explore the great variety and creativity of Indian musical traditionsfrom chicken scratch to the indigenous Apache fiddlethis recording expresses the capacity of Native cultures to adapt and synthesize non-Native influences.
Esta antología de música para violín de las Américas presenta interpretaciones realizadas por músicos indígenas desde Nueva Escocia y Manitoba hasta North Dakota y Arizona en Norteamérica, así como de México, Perú y otras partes de América Latina. Usando el más popular de los instrumentos como una manera de explorar la gran variedad y creatividad de las tradiciones musicales indígenas, desde el Chicken scratch hasta el violín indígena llamado violín apache, este CD expresa la capacidad de las culturas del Nuevo Mundo de adaptarse y sintetizar las influencias que han llegado de fuera.
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Esta antología de música para violín de las Américas presenta interpretaciones realizadas por músicos indígenas desde Nueva Escocia y Manitoba hasta North Dakota y Arizona en Norteamérica, así como de México, Perú y otras partes de América Latina. Usando el más popular de los instrumentos como una manera de explorar la gran variedad y creatividad de las tradiciones musicales indígenas, desde el Chicken scratch hasta el violín indígena llamado violín apache, este CD expresa la capacidad de las culturas del Nuevo Mundo de adaptarse y sintetizar las influencias que han llegado de fuera.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Terence Winch, 1945-, Nicholas R. Spitzer, fl. 1986
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas
Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997)
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Wood That Sings: Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1997)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Liner note
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Woodbrain: Swimming in Turpentine
performed by Joe McMurrian, fl. 2000, Jason Honl, fl. 1995, Jimi Bott, 1965- and Dave Lipkind, fl. 1998, Woodbrain (Yellow Dog Records, 2009), 1 hour, 13 page(s)
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performed by Joe McMurrian, fl. 2000, Jason Honl, fl. 1995, Jimi Bott, 1965- and Dave Lipkind, fl. 1998, Woodbrain (Yellow Dog Records, 2009), 1 hour, 13 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
2009-01
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Woodbrain, Joe McMurrian, fl. 2000, Jason Honl, fl. 1995, Jimi Bott, 1965-, Dave Lipkind, fl. 1998
Author / Creator
Woodbrain, Joe McMurrian, fl. 2000, Jason Honl, fl. 1995, Jimi Bott, 1965-, Dave Lipkind, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Yellow Dog Records
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Woodbrain: Swimming in Turpentine
performed by Woodbrain, Woodbrain: Swimming in Turpentine (Yellow Dog Records, 2009)
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performed by Woodbrain, Woodbrain: Swimming in Turpentine (Yellow Dog Records, 2009)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Liner note
Performer / Ensemble
Woodbrain
Author / Creator
Woodbrain
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Yellow Dog Records
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