Old American Songs
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Old American Songs are two sets of songs arranged by Aaron Copland in 1950 and 1952 respectively, after research in the Sheet Music Collection of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, in
Aaron Copland in 1962
Simple Gifts
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"Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848, generally attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett from Alfred Shaker Village. It became widely known when Aaron Copland used its melody for th
Old American Songs
…Copland on August 18, 1953, for Columbia Records. Set 1 The Boatman's Dance (minstrel song from 1843) The Dodger (campaign song) Long Time Ago (ballad) Simple Gifts (Shaker song) I Bought Me a Cat (children's song, Roud Folk Song Index No. 544) Set 2 The Little Horses (lullaby) Zion’s Walls (revivalist song) The…
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village barns, Historic American Buildings Survey