Anne Enslow, hammered dulcimer, piano, soprano; Ridley Enslow, violin, tenor; Jacqueline Schwab, piano; with ensemble (Linda Russell, mountain dulcimer, alto; John Kirk, violin, banjo, tenor; Margery Cohen, soprano; Christa Patton, flute, harp, alto; Abby Newton, violoncello; Dan Berggren, bass; Mark Dann, [string] bass). Recorded at Mark Dann Studios, Woodstock, N.Y. Compact disc. Program notes and lyrics ([40] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Washington and Lincoln Honest Old Abe -- The rail splitter's polka -- Abraham's tea party -- 'Tis the last rose of summer -- Dixie ; The battle cry of freedom -- President's hymn -- Abraham the great and General Grant his mate -- Lincoln and liberty -- Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? -- Vote for Abraham -- Funeral march to the memory of Abraham Lincoln -- Farewell father, friend, and guardian -- Rest, noble chieftain -- Lincoln quadrille : polka mazurka -- Do not leave me, mother darling -- Lincoln quadrille : waltz -- Washington and Lincoln (reprise).
Summary:
The album includes 18 songs and tunes, most of them taken from the original sheet music, now part of the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana at the Library of Congress from Washington and Lincoln and the Lincoln Quadrille to Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian.
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