Hail to the Chief

Chestnut Brass Company (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000029QW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. President's March ("Hail, Columbia")

2. The Hunters of Kentucky

3. King Andrew, for voices & piano: "Dame Durden"

4. President Martin Van Buren's Grand March for brass ensemble

5. The American Boy, for voices & piano

6. General Harrison's Log Cabin March & Quick Step, for brass ensemble

7. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!, for voices & piano

8. President Harrison's Funeral March for brass ensemble

9. John Tyler's Lamentation, for voices & ensemble

10. President James K Polk's Grand March and Quick Step for brass ensemble

11. General Taylor Storming Monterey for brass ensemble

12. Clay Gallopade for brass ensemble

13. General Taylor's Gallop for brass ensemble

14. Fillmore Quick Step for brass ensemble

15. The Grave of the Slave, for voices & piano

16. Get off the Track! for voice & dulcimer

17. The Fugitive's Song

18. General Pierce's Presidential Inauguration March and Quick Step for bra

19. Buchanan Polka for brass ensemble

20. Fillmore the Wise, for voices & piano "Old Rosin the Bow"

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of 19th-century American political music, March 2, 2002

By 

Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hail to the Chief (Audio CD)

You have heard the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" and this CD collection of American political music from the 19th-century allows you to hear the song from the 1840 election. Other songs evidence strong feelings both for and against Andrew Jackson, "The Hunters of Kentucky" versus "King Andrew," as well as "John Tyler's Lamentation," "Filmore the Wise," "We Are Coming Father Abraham," and "Hurrah for Hayes and Honest Ways." Even more interesting are the songs about slavery and abolition ("The Grave of the Slave," "Get Off the Track," and "The Fugitive's Song"). Teachers of American history will certainly find tracks to use to supplement their textbooks. There are also instrumental tracks marches, grand marches, quick steps, gallops, a gallopade, a waltz and even a polka for various Presidential candidates. There are also dirges for William Henry Harrison and Abraham Lincoln.

"The Platform Committee" singing these works consists of mezzo-soprano Linda Russell, tenors Patrick Romano, Frederick Urrey and Rudolph Palmer, and bass-baritone John Ostendorf. The Chestnut Brass Company plays period instruments, most of which were made during the mid-19th-century, although there are some reproductions. You will hear Keyed Bugles and Cornopeans that date before the Civil War. While most of the instrumental pieces heard in this collection were intended for bands, original orchestrations survive for only three of the pieces ("General Taylor Storming Monterey," "Hail to the Chief" and "The American National Waltz"). The rest of the instrumental works had to be rearranged in the style of the period from piano sheet music.

Whether you are an aficionado of 19th-century band music or political history, you will find this a collection well worth hearing. Certainly teachers of American History will be able to use some of the songs to great advantage in the classroom. Note: This album was originally released in 1992 by Newport Classic as "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: A Collection of American Political Marches, Songs, and Dirges."

5.0 out of 5 stars A great deal!!, January 25, 2012

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Gustav Mahler "Gus" (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hail to the Chief (Audio CD)

This CD is tailor made for anyone who bears any fondness for 19th century American songs. There are so many great tracks. Francis Johnson's Grave of the Slave is comparable in musica quality to many songs written by his German contemporaries. A Hundred Years Hence...a great satire of an American Utopia. King Andrew...a very witty number on Jackson's Supreme Court and cronies in general ("...and Roger of Tawney hue"). All the pieces were chosen with great care are arranged with much instrumental variety. At these prices, this is one to snap up.