Homespun America: Mid-19th Century Brass Band, Social Orchestra & Choral Group Music

Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Ferdinand Herold (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), New Hutchinson Family Singers (Composer), Hosea Ripley (Performer), Gary William Friedman (Performer), Stephen Foster (Artist), James Sanderson (Artist), Gary Bordner (Artist), Allen Vizzutti (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Hosea Ripley, Gary William Friedman
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini, Ferdinand Herold, Anonymous, New Hutchinson Family Singers
• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001K3V
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Eaton's Grand March

2. Semiramide, opera: Eaton's Grand March Giorno d'orrore

3. Free and Easy

4. Les rendez-vous

5. Galop

6. Departed Days

7. Quickstep Blues

8. Waltz

9. Congo's Quickstep

10. Crossing the Grand Sierras

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Hope Told a Flattering Tale, for cornet & band

2. Pauper's Funeral

3. Calomel

4. The Peri Waltzes M. W.

5. Felina Redowa de Salon

6. The Guards Waltzes

7. Quaker Medley Set Quadrilles

8. Hand Organ Polka

9. Old Folks' Quadrilles, for orchestra

10. Peter's Quickstep

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me smile., September 2, 2004

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Daniel T. Gianola-Norris (Cotati, CA) - See all my reviews
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This is a 2 Disc set of charming 19th Century American music of the "everyday" variety: polkas, quadrilles, waltzes...tunes like "Pop Goes the Weasel" played sweetly and without a hint of irony. If you're looking for sophisticated concert music, look elsewhere. This is the music Americans were playing and hearing in park bands, "social orchestras", etc. Highlights include stunning performances by trumpet virtuoso Alan Vizutti on E-flat cornet. Also notable are the vocal quartet recreations of the spiritual songs and abolitionist anthems of the Hutchinson Family Singers. This collection is like a lively little piece of American history on disc, elegantly performed by all invloved. The 27-page booklet is crammed with interesting information.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensory Reliving of a Lost Time, April 3, 2007

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David L. Boyer "trek57x" (Harwich, MA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this originally because I play trumpet and saw Vizzutti's name on the list of artists. Of course, he's excellent, but what's really special here is that you can close your eyes and be back in the town park in small town America of the 2nd half of the 19th century when every town had a band while they waited for TV to be invented. I have a photo of my ancestors posing with the Mount Pleasant Mills (PA) band in the early 20th century and feel I'm there when I hear this music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Homespun America, May 17, 2008

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Emmett Anglin "Band Director" (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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Good historical performances. Something anyone ionterested in this period in American musical history should have.