Lincoln's Favorite Music

JIMERSON (Artist), DOUGLAS (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMERIMUSIC
• ASIN: B00000JJSG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Barbara Allen, folk song

2. Skip to My Lou, children's song

3. Kathleen Mavourneen, song for voice & piano

4. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song (attributed to Lincoln)

5. Old Sister Phoebe

6. Oh! Susanna

7. Twenty Years Ago

8. The Ship On Fire

9. Silver Bell Waltz

10. Your Mission

11. Dixie ("I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land"), song

12. Go Down Moses

13. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

14. Free at last

15. M'appari tutt'amor

16. Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schoen

17. Salut! demeure chaste et pure

18. The Soldiers' Chorus

19. The President's March ("Hail, Columbia")

20. We Are Coming, Father Abraham for voice & piano

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL STUDY LONG OVERDUE., October 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lincoln's Favorite Music (Audio CD)

Kudos to Jimerson for bringing to public attention Lincoln's passion for fine music. The songs on this recording are beautifully rendered and appear to have been carefully prepared with respect to original instrumentation. As a footnote to amazon.com, the correct title of the first song is "Barbara Allen."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, January 13, 2008

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Dr. Joan E. Aitken "author of Interpersonal C... (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lincoln's Favorite Music (Audio CD)

Douglas Jimerson sings an array of songs from the period, including emancipation spirituals, selections from favorite opera e.g., Faust) and patriotic songs. One of the booklets with a CD--Lincoln's Favorite Music--talked about how President Lincoln went to the camps around Washington DC many nights where the escaping slaves lived. Lincoln would often become choked up and cry while he sang there. The accounts say he was never "The President," but simply a man of compassion during those visit.