America’s Musical Landscape, Sixth Edition

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Annotation

this compilation accompanies a book of the same title written by Jean Ferris, who is credited on the front cover

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-20 06:09 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1John Henry
vocals:
Arthur Bell
[traditional]2:57
2Yeibichai Chant Song
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[traditional]0:59
3Sioux Grass Dance
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[traditional]0:59
4El corrido de Gregorio Cortez
performer:
Los Hermanos Banda
[traditional]2:46
5Barbara Allen
vocals:
Pete Seeger
[traditional]2:50
6Shenandoah
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
[traditional]1:50
7Field Holler
performer:
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
[traditional]1:17
8Father’s Field Call
performer:
Annie Grace Horn Dodson
[traditional]0:25
9Hammer, Ring
vocals:
Jesse Bradley
[traditional]2:39
10No More Auction Block for Me
vocals:
Odetta (American singer Odetta Holmes)
recording of:
No More Auction Block
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
[traditional]2:11
11Old Hundred
vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers
Louis Bourgeois0:26
12Tis the Gift to Be Simple
vocals:
United Society of Shakers
recording of:
The Gift to be Simple
lyricist and composer:
Joseph Brackett (in 1848)
written at:
Alfred Shaker Village in Maine, United States (in 1848)
Joseph Backett Jr.1:11
13Chester
vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers
recording of:
Chester
composer:
William Billings (18th century composer) (in 1770)
revised by:
William Billings (18th century composer) (in 1778)
William Billings1:30
14When Jesus Wept
vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers
recording of:
When Jesus Wept
composer:
William Billings (18th century composer)
William Billings1:19
15Sherburne
vocals:
Old Sturbridge Singers
recording of:
Sherburne ("While Shepherds Watched")
composer:
Daniel Read
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
Daniel Read0:59
16Yankee Doodle
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
[traditional]0:50
17There’ll Be Joy, Joy, Joy
vocals:
The Carter Family (the original Carter Family, 1927–1943)
The Carter Family1:41
18Amazing Grace
vocals:
Judy Collins
[traditional]4:19
19Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
bass-baritone vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
[traditional]2:01
20Nearer, My God, to Thee
organ:
John Longhurst (organist)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) and The Vocal Majority (TX-based barbershop chorus)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
Lowell Mason4:22
21(I Wish I Was in) Dixie’s Land
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Daniel Decatur Emmett3:33
22I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers
Stephen Foster3:19
23Oh! Susanna
vocals:
Pete Seeger
Stephen Foster1:16
24The Anacreontic Song (Anacreon in Heaven)
vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet)
recording of:
The Anacreontic Song
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
lyricist:
Ralph Tomlinson
composer:
John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith4:28
25Get Off the Track
choir vocals:
Eastman Chorale (part of Eastman school of Music, University of Rochester)
performer:
Eastman Ensemble
[traditional]2:51
26Le Bananier
piano:
Eugene List (pianist)
recording of:
Le Bananier, op. 5
composer:
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (American composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by opus number (number: op. 5)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk2:50
27Fuga Giocosa, op. 41 no. 3
piano:
Malcolm Frager (pianist)
recording of:
Fuga giocosa, op. 41 no. 3
composer:
John Knowles Paine (American composer) (in 1884)
part of:
3 Piano Pieces, op. 41
John Knowles Paine1:30
28Symphony in E minor (Gaelic): II.
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic": II. Alla siciliana - Allegro vivace
composer:
Amy Beach (American composer and pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic"
Amy Beach8:25
29The Stars and Stripes Forever
performer:
Columbia All-Star Band
recording of:
The Stars and Stripes Forever
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1896)
John Philip Sousa3:11
30Maple Leaf Rag
piano:
William Bolcom (American composer and pianist)
recording of:
Maple Leaf Rag (piano rag)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 74)
Scott Joplin3:04
31Rose (A Ring to the Name of Rose)
choir vocals:
Phoenicians Chorus
George M. Cohan2:28
32Alexander’s Ragtime Band
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Irving Berlin2:59
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Release

manufactured by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by:McGraw‐Hill (in 2009)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2009)
ASIN:US: 0077240316 [info]