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The Sound of America

Shaker tunes, hymns, folk songs, parlor songs, spirituals, and other compositions, from the last 200 years

 


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Track list:

(Click on selected songs for mp3 extracts)

1. Holy Manna - Atkin / Moore (Sacred Harp)
2. Sweet Union - Shaker tunes arr. Sheena Phillips
3. O praise the Lord of heaven - William Billings
4. Black is the color - trad. arr Norman Luboff
5. Hush little baby - trad. arr. Sheena Phillips
6. Shawneetown - Ohio canal song
7. Sounds of the singing school - Philip Bliss
8. Hard times - Stephen Foster
9. How can I keep from singing - Robert Lowry arr. Sheena Phillips
10. The ballad of John Henry - traditional
11. We shall walk through the valley - arr. William Appling
12. This little light of mine - arr. Moses Hogan
13. La Golondrina - arr. Joel Jacklich
14. Jack’s Valentine - Libby Larsen
15. So many angels - Gwyneth Walker
16. The moon - Emily Dickinson / Sheena Phillips
17. It's like the light - Emily Dickinson / Sheena Phillips
18. Wild Nights - Emily Dickinson / Sheena Phillips
19. Come we that love the Lord - arr. Carol Barnett
20. Almighty Father - Leonard Bernstein
21. Alleluia - Randall Thompson

 

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