Amish Music: Hymns to Harmonica

 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Harmonies Workshop
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• ASIN: B000VV49W8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Amish Music Variety samples the type of music used by the Amish in both worship and social singing in German and English. It is an authentic recording of an Amish ensemble, recorded and used with permission of the group. Unison, four-part, some harmonica and zither. German hymns (translated in liner notes) are from the Ausbund hymnal, continuously used since 1564. Some tracks have been used by PBS and NPR as background for documentaries. Songs: The Spirit's Sword, In the Sweet By and By, Golden Deed, Tune 25, Work for the Night is Coming, There is Not Another, So I Keep On Singing, Preaching Chant, O God Father, Let Us Pray for Each Other, Nellie Gray, Jesus Christ the Son, Unser Vater, Christ the Lamb, Prayer Chant, Must I Go Empty Handed, Daddy's Hands, My Ways Are Not Your Ways, When the Day Is Ended, I Need No Mansion.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rare, haunting, and authentic, October 8, 2007

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G. Lehman - See all my reviews
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The Amish don't allow photos and sound recording. I live right in the middle of Amish country and we know that. When they have church at my neighbor's I can hear them sing. The music on this CD sounds like the real thing because it is the real thing. I don't know where else to get that on the market. The English songs here such as "When the day is ended" and "Daddy's hands" are sung my Old Order Mennonites who drive buggies instead of cars and almost look like the Amish and think pretty much like them. I'm told that in church they sound much the same but sing faster. I heard this music used on Bill Moyer's Journal on PBS and on NPR's On Point.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a find!, June 7, 2009

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Susan C. Schwartz "Susan" ((Pittburgh, Pa)) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Amish Music: Hymns to Harmonica (Audio CD)

Want to experience music within the Amish community? This includes both secular and sacred pieces. It is well done and a treat to the ears.