Trav'ling Home - American Spirituals 1770-1870

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According to director Joel Cohen, American spirituals are "the untutored but vigorous religious music of Colonial America, and the rugged, folk-derived spiritual song of the countryside." It will be well worth your while to hear for yourself these musically rich, involving, and often exciting tunes from Southern shape-note songbooks, out-of-print hymnals, and other early manuscript sources. Don't miss this one. --David Vernier

Trav'ling Home - American Spirituals 1770-1870, Music, Daniel McCabe, Joel Frederick, Joel Frederiksen, Nori Nke Aka, Emily Walhout, Anonymous, William Billings, Jeremiah Ingalls, Daniel Read, Timothy Swan, Anne Azema, Frederick Jodry, Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum of Boston, Jesse Lepkoff, Margaret Swanson, William Hite, Robert Meady, Robert Mealy, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music
Trav'ling Home - American Spirituals 1770-1870
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Delightful
  • american medieval
  • Oh! Pure beauty!
  • A Revelation!
 Trav'ling Home - American Spirituals 1770-1870

Manufacturer: Erato
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005E40
Release Date: 1996-07-30

Tracks:

  1. Hatfield
  2. Invocation
  3. The Pilgrims
  4. Balloon
  5. Richmond
  6. Harvest Hymn
  7. Calvary
  8. Pennsylvania
  9. While Angels Strike
  10. Cusseta
  11. Confidence
  12. Something New
  13. The Young Convert
  14. Scots, Wha H'ae
  15. Bruce's Address
  16. Saw You My Hero
  17. Crucifixion
  18. Fare Well Ye Green Fields
  19. Greenfields
  20. Prince William's March
  21. The Paralytic
  22. The Three Gypsies
  23. Christian Race
  24. Liberty
  25. Ontario
  26. Scotland
  27. Warren
  28. Weeping Pilgrim

Amazon.com

According to director Joel Cohen, American spirituals are "the untutored but vigorous religious music of Colonial America, and the rugged, folk-derived spiritual song of the countryside." It will be well worth your while to hear for yourself these musically rich, involving, and often exciting tunes from Southern shape-note songbooks, out-of-print hymnals, and other early manuscript sources. Don't miss this one. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Delightful.......2004-02-23

This very enjoyable CD is an anthology of notable American religous music from the end of the 18th century to approximately the end of the Civil War. It concentrates on the so-called shape note and related traditions. Drawn heavily from old hymnals and song books, this CD features a number of lovely pieces, including some by the remarkable Boston composer William Billings. Some pieces are presented in parallel with the secular songs and music used to develop the sacred music. Beautifully performed.

5 out of 5 stars american medieval.......2002-04-27

When I mention shaped-note singing to most people, they think of the most raucus form of gospel, which may be fun, but which has little beauty to it. Far from it, true shaped-note is an American, energized form of the medieval and renaisance music of Europe, and the Boston Camarata's background in early music does so well to bring out its madrigal qualities. In addition, the recording itself is of such clarity, that the nearly three-dimensional effect of its antiphonal singing is better represented than on any other early american album I've heard

5 out of 5 stars Oh! Pure beauty!.......2001-02-20

This CD is absolutely amazing; the first time I listened to it, I was lukewarm and contemplated returning it. However, the second time around, I was crying throughout. The first song is a jewel, and my heart breaks upon each listen. The women vocalists are angels, and the male voices are earthy, yet just as sweet (and Anne Azema, I need hardly mention, is a goddess, as always). The acoustics are also delightful: the sound is just as if they're singing in a little church out in the middle of "nowhere," much like the church on the cover (I adore that cover photograph).

Some CDs are good "homework" music; this one is not. You cannot listen to it without paying rapt attention. I am in the habit of putting on headphones and turning it on sometimes when I go to bed, and just lying there in the dark with the exquisite harmonies and poignant lyrics wafting through my ears. Buy this now, and try it. It will bring tears to your eyes.

5 out of 5 stars A Revelation!.......1999-09-01

The outstanding Boston Camerata introduces the listener to early american religous music, which is quite different and much more exciting than the bland, uninvloving tunes in the hymnals that are sitting in church pews these days. Anyone interested in American cultural and/or musical history needs this!

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