Songs of the Civil War

American Liberty Singers (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
• ASIN: B00004W570
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #648,694 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Theme

2. Battle Hymn of the Republic

3. Kingdom Coming

4. The Bonnie Blue Flag, song

5. When Johnny Comes Marching Home, march song

6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, for voice, chorus & piano

7. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight for voice & piano

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

9. Marching Through Georgia

10. Yankee Doodle, song

11. Abraham's Daughter

12. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me?

13. The Battle Cry of Freedom, for voice, chorus & keyboard

14. The Star-Spangled Banner (National Anthem, USA), for orchestra & voice/chor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Battle Hymns: Songs of the Civil War, May 28, 2002

By 

H. L. Clark (Broad Run, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs of the Civil War (Audio CD)

This is a set of Hollywood-type orchestral stylings of some
of the very greatest civil war hymns, whose vital messages --
their words -- are almost totally excluded. Marches are done in
slow time, keys are altered illogically, dynamic markings, etc.,
bear no relationship to the original, and two numbers are included which are not authentic music of the times. Orchestral
playing is occasionally sloppy. The digital recording (Canadian)
of what is presented is very good.

An unqualified disaster.