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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Benjamin Luxon
• David Willison (Piano)
• Jerold Ottley
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
• Dar Williams
• Boston Pops
• John Williams (Piano)
• Band Of The Grenadier Guards
• Rodney Bashford
• Lt. Pope
• Eastman Wind Ensemble
• Frederick Fennell
• Donald Hunsberger
• Stanley Black (Piano)
• Robert Merrill

Conductors

• Bashford, Rodney
• Black, Stanley
• Fennell, Frederick
• Harris, Frederick J.
• Hunsberger, Donald
• Ottley, Jerold D.
• Pope, Douglas A.
• Williams, John

Ensembles

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• Band of Coldstream Guards
• Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Eastman Wind Ensemble

Composers

• Woody Guthrie (1912 - 1967)
• Edmund L. Gruber (1879 - 1941)
• Francis Saltus Van Boskirck (Composer)
• Samuel A. Ward (1847 - 1903)
• American Traditional
• Morton Gould (Composer/Conductor) (1913 - 1996)
• Charles A. Zimmerman (1861 - 1916)
• Edwin Eugene Bagley (1857 - 1922)
• May H. Brahe (a.k.a. Stanley Dickson or May H. Mor) (1882 - 1956)
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• John Stafford Smith (1750 - 1836)
• Robert M. Crawford (1899 - 1961)
• John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Henry Carey (1687 - 1743)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Benjamin Luxon , Robert Merrill (baritone); David Willison (piano).

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Works Details

Berlin, Irving : God Bless America

• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Ward, Samuel Augustus : America the Beautiful

• Performers: Stanley Black (Piano); Robert Merrill
• Conductor: Stanley Black
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1895

Stan, May H. Brahe (a.k.a. : Bless This House, for chorus & keyboard

• Performers: Benjamin Luxon; David Willison (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Carey, Henry : America (My Country 'tis of Thee)

• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Traditional, American : Shenandoah, folk song

• Performers: Jerold Ottley; Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
• Conductor: Jerold Ottley
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 18th Century

Traditional, American : The Battle of New Orleans

• Performers: Jerold Ottley; Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
• Conductor: Jerold Ottley
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.

Foster, Stephen : My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano

• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1853

Guthrie, Woody : This Land Is Your Land

• Performers: Dar Williams; Boston Pops
• Conductor: John Williams
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Gould, Morton : American Salute

• Performers: John Williams (Piano); Boston Pops
• Conductor: John Williams
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Smith, John Stafford : The Star-spangled Banner

• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1799

Gruber, Edmund L. : The Caissons Go Rolling Along, official song of the United States Army

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Rodney Bashford
• Conductor: Rodney Bashford
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908

Zimmerman, Charles A. : Anchors Aweigh

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Rodney Bashford
• Conductor: Rodney Bashford
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906

Crawford, Robert M. : The Army Air Corps March ("Off we go into the wild blue yonder")

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Rodney Bashford
• Conductor: Rodney Bashford
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: circa 1938

Boskir, Francis Saltus Van : Semper Paratus for band ("U. S. Coast Guard March")

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Rodney Bashford
• Conductor: Rodney Bashford
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March

Traditional, American : The Marine Corps Hymn

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Rodney Bashford
• Conductor: Rodney Bashford
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1919

Bagley, Edwin Eugene : National Emblem

• Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Lt. Pope
• Conductor: Douglas Pope
• Ensemble: Band of Coldstream Guards
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1906

Sousa, John Philip : Semper Fidelis

• Performer: Band Of The Grenadier Guards
• Conductor: Frederick Harris
• Ensemble: Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Sousa, John Philip : Washington Post

• Performers: Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell
• Conductor: Frederick Fennell
• Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889

Sousa, John Philip : Stars and Stripes Forever

• Performers: Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger
• Conductor: Donald Hunsberger
• Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896