New England Harmony: A Collection of Early American Choral Music

Folkways Records – FA 32377

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Sacred
[Tracklist]
A01 Jesus Wept (2:13)
A02 Kittery (1:04)
A03 Judea (1:23)
A04 David's Lament (1:08)
A05 Mortality (1:25)
A06 Amity (0:47)
A07 Russia (0:46)
A08 Sherburne (1:01)
A09 Bradford (4:25)
A10 Missionary Hymn (2:40)
B01 Funeral Anthem (2:40)
B02 Easter Anthem (3:29)
B03 Welcome Song (1:48)
B04 Montgomery (1:21)
B05 Berne (0:55)
B06 Northfield (0:35)
B07 Greenfield (1:10)
B08 Young Convert (2:42)
B09 Monmouth (1:05)
B10 Rainbow (1:14)
B11 Sturbridge (1:50)
B12 Portland (1:34)
B13 Plentitude (1:24)
B14 Concord (2:06)
B15 Coronation (1:15)
B16 Chester (2:01)
[Credits]
Old Sturbridge Singers (choral) Harvard Wind Ensemble (instrumentals)
Producer: Arthur F. Schrader, Artwork: Charles H. Overly, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album attempts to reproduce New England choral music as it was sung in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In keeping with the singing school tradition of which this repertoire was part, the singers are all amateur musicians. Extensive text based on Alan C. Buechner's doctoral dissertation, "The Yankee Singing School," accompanies this recording.