America the Beautiful: Songs of Our Heritage

~ Release by Michigan State University Children’s Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

These songs represent a portion of the abundant cultural heritage of America. Some are folk songs, native flowers that grew out of the life of the cowboy on the lonely Western range, out of the ground of the south and the hopes of African-Americans, on the green hills imagined by Irish-Americans in the busy cities, or in another of the thousand souls that make up the historical soul of the American landscape. Other songs were composed by individuals and have grown into American favorites. --liner notes

Annotation last modified on 2021-04-12 17:04 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Danny Boy
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
cover recording of:
Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Julie Knowles
arrangement of:
Danny Boy
3:26
2Beautiful Dreamer
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
recording of:
Beautiful Dreamer (for choir, Nelson)
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1864)
arranger:
Ronald Nelson (choral arranger)
publisher:
Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
arrangement of:
Beautiful Dreamer
3:06
3I Got Shoes
piano:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
arranger:
Rollo Dilworth (American choral conductor and composer)
cover recording of:
I Got Shoes
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
2:14
4This Little Light of Mine
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
recording of:
This Little Light of Mine
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (Irish music)
additional lyricist:
Avis Christiansen
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional composer:
Harry Dixon Loes
arranger:
Robert A. Harris
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:15
5America the Beautiful
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
cover recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
2:36
6Over the Rainbow
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan (EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
5:16
7Amazing Grace
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
cover recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist and writer:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) and [traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
2:55
8Shenandoah
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
arranger:
Jay Althouse
cover recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
2:49
9My Lord What a Morning
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
cover recording of:
My Lord, What a Morning
publisher:
Hinshaw Music (a member of the Fred Bock Publishing Group)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sue Ellen Page (composer and arranger of choral music)
3:28
10He's Gone Away
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
cover recording of:
He's Gone Away
publisher:
Elkan-Vogel (a division of Theodore Presser (acquired 1972))
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ron Nelson (American composer)
3:04
11Shady Grove
banjo:
Stan Werbin
cover recording of:
Shady Grove
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4456)
2:28
12Simple Gifts
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
cover recording of:
Simple Gifts
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist and composer:
Joseph Brackett (in 1848)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
2:34
13Home on the Range
instruments:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
cover recording of:
Home on the Range
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
3:40
14Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
cover recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
3:28
15God Bless America
instruments:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
cover recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
3:23
16MSU Shadows
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
arranger:
Donna Gartman Schultz (American composer)
cover recording of:
MSU Shadows (alma mater of Michigan State University since 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Traynor (football line coach and basketball coach at Michigan State in the 1920s)
2:23
17America the Beautiful
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
2:42

Credits

Release

liner notes:Richard Isomaki (writer)
producer:Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
recording engineer:Konrad Strauss
conductor:Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
choir vocals:Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
recorded at:St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0001810766 [info]