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Psalm settings. Fiddle Tunes. Shape-note hymns. Ballads that tell of everything from murder and mayhem to home and true love. What do these all have in common? You might have heard any or all of them in the homes, churches, taverns, and theaters of the North American colonies, around the time of the American Revolution and the period just following.
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Piece Description
Psalm settings. Fiddle Tunes. Shape-note hymns. Ballads that tell of everything from murder and mayhem to home and true love. What do these all have in common? You might have heard any or all of them in the homes, churches, taverns, and theaters of the North American colonies, around the time of the American Revolution and the period just following.
Transcript
PLAYLIST
Time Capsule Music Bed:
Kerstin Frödin, recorder
Works of Sandström, Broman, Hotteterre, Blavet, Telemann, and Shinohara
KMH (1999)
Anonymous
Tr. 1: Belicha (excerpt)
The Secret Life of Banjo
Mary Z. Cox
www.maryzcox.com / 2004 / B0007MVHUI
T. 8: Sally in the Garden (traditional) (3:14)
Program Topic A.:
Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Vol 2
Theatre of Voices; Paul Hillier, dir.
harmonia mundi 907 B00000DG09
T.15: Billings: Shiloh (2:45)
Wake Ev'ry Breath: William Billings
William Appling Singers and Orchestra (William Appling, conductor)
New World Records (80539-2) B0000063CH
T.1: Wake Ev'ry Breath (2:12)
The Shapenote Album
The Tudor Choir (Doug Fullington, dir)
Pelican Records PR-TSNA / Loft Recordings 2001 / B00005NHNL
*T.18: Africa (Isaac Watts-Billings) (3:10)
Home to Thanksgiving
Paul Hillier
harmonia mundi 2907264 B000028TXS
T.12: Chester 2:15
:29 Floating Br...
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Timing and Cues
Total Program Length: 59:00
ACCUM TIME:
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro
Incue: Theme Music
01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News
06:00 Segment 3
18:40 [12:40 into file SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "... directed by Paul Hillier."
30:35 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
31:35 Segment 5
44:28 [12:52 into file SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "...during the revolutionary war."
59:00 End Program
Outcue: "...for the next edition of Harmonia." (Theme Music)
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