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Anchors Aweigh!

Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:58:59

An hour-long program of early music, exploring pirate songs and music of the sea. Makes for a great special anytime, especially around Talk Like A Pirate Day! Read the full description.
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Anchors Aweigh!
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720-jolly-roger-flag-prx_small Harmonia explores pirate music! We'll hear songs pirates would have sung during their daily work. We'll also take a look back at songs about the sea from Medieval Iceland, and bring you highlights from the 2011 Indianapolis Early Music Festival.

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Piece Description

Harmonia explores pirate music! We'll hear songs pirates would have sung during their daily work. We'll also take a look back at songs about the sea from Medieval Iceland, and bring you highlights from the 2011 Indianapolis Early Music Festival.

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)

In Paradisum: Music of Victoria and Palestrina
Hilliard Ensemble
ECM New Series/2000/B00004RKMI
Tr. 11: Peccantem me quotidie (excerpt)

Program Topic A.:
Haul on the Bowlin' and Other Foc'sle Songs
A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl
ATM Recording
Tr. 5: Blow the Man Down (3:03)
Tr. 21: Black Ball Line (1:15)
Tr. 8: The Banks of Newfoundland (3:23)

Classic Maritime Music
X-Seamen's Institute
Folkways Records/2004/B0001XXBC0
Tr. 2 - Shenandoah (3:31)

:29 Floating Break Music Bed:
Anonymous, Isabella, Mala Punica

Program Topic B: Vault segment
Sverrir Gudjonsson
Epitaph: Medieval Iceland
Opus 111 OPS 30-253 1999 B00000IL5C
Tr.2: The cold east wind (1:33)
Tr.3: Summer (1:37)
Tr.4: The long spring (1:02)
Tr.5: Summer is...
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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
18:54 [12:54 into file SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "...all week long on Twitter. Just search for Harmonia."
28:55 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
29:55 Segment 5
40:55 [10:59 into file SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "...online at harmonia early music dot org."
59:00 End Program

Related Website

http://indianapublicmedia.org/harmonia/anchors-aweigh/