The Medina Community Band
Marcus Neiman, conductor
John Connors, associate conductor & Matthew Hastings, assistant conductor
Lu Ann Gresh, Marcia Kline, and Lorna Lindsley, trumpet trio
Veterans Day Concert
Monday Evening, November 13th, 2019
Saint Francis Xavier Church – Medina Ohio 7:00 p.m.
Prelude, Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 in a minor, Op 92 (1812/2011) ...... Ludwig von Beethoven John Philip Sousa Robert Longfield
Anthem, Star Spangled Banner (1889/1917) ...... Francis Scott Key John Philip Sousa
March, March of the Resistance (from Star Wars the Force Awakens) (2015/2015) ...... John Williams Paul Lavender
Selection, Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Private Ryan) (1998) ...... John Williams Paul Lavender John Connors, conducting
March, Captain America (2011) ...... Alan Silvestri Michael Brown Matthew Hastings, conducting
Trumpet Trio, Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (1941/2019) ...... Les Brown David Seiberling
Lu Ann Gresh, Marcia Kline, and Lorna Lindsley, trumpet soloists
March, Eagle Squadron (1942) ...... Kenneth J. Alford
Folksong, Shenandoah (1883/1999) ...... Frank Ticheli
John Connors, conducting
Patriot Salute, Armed Forces Salute ...... arr. Robert Lowden
National March, The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) ...... John Philip Sousa
Patriotic Sing-A-Long, God Bless America (1917) ...... Irving Berlin Erik William Gustav Leidzén
Program subject to change
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Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op 92 Movement 2 - Allegretto Ludwig von Beethoven
Ludwig von Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven was a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn and gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.1 The Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice. The work is dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries. At its première, Beethoven was noted as remarking that it was one of his best works. The second movement, Allegretto, was the most popular movement and had to be encored. The instant popularity of the Allegretto resulted in its frequent performance separate from the complete symphony. The work was premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna on 8 December 1813 at a charity concert for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Hanau. In Beethoven's address to the participants, the motives are openly named: "We are moved by nothing but pure patriotism and the joyful sacrifice of our powers for those who have sacrificed so much for us."
1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
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Marches by John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa
DOB: November 6th, 1854 (Washington, DC) DOD: March 6th, 1932 (Reading, PA) John Philip Sousa wrote the most famous American military marches of all time, including "Stars and Stripes Forever," earning him the nickname "the March King"; he was also known as a great bandleader, and organized the famed concert and military group, Sousa's Band. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 1854, Sousa followed in the footsteps of his father, a musician in the U.S. Marine Corps, and enlisted by the age of 14. Before this, Sousa had studied violin with John Esputa. While active in the Marines, he composed his first march, "Salutation." Around the age of 16, Sousa began studying harmony with G.F. Benkert, then worked as a pit orchestra conductor at a local theater, followed by jobs as first chair violinist at the Ford Opera House, the Philadelphia Chestnut Street Theater, and later led the U.S. Marine Corps Band (1880-1992). Although most famous for his marches, Sousa composed in other styles as well, including a waltz, "Moonlight on the Potomac"; a gallop, "The Cuckoo" (both in 1869); the oratorio "Messiah of the Nations" (1914); and scores for Broadway musicals The Smugglers (1879), Desiree (1884), The Glass Blowers (1893), El Capitan (1896; which was his first real scoring success), American Maid (1913), and more. Sousa formed his sternly organized marching band in 1892, leading them through numerous U.S. and European tours, a world tour, and an appearance in the 1915 Broadway show Hip-Hip-Hooray. Sousa's Band also recorded many sides for the Victor label up through the early '30s. His most famous marches include "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1897), "U.S. Field Artillery March," "Semper Fidelis" (written in 1888, it became the Marine Corps anthem), "Washington Post March" (1889), "King Cotton" (1895), "El Capitan" (1896), and many more. In addition to writing music, Sousa also wrote books, including the best-seller Fifth String and his autobiography, Marching Along. Actor Clifton Webb portrayed Sousa in the movie about his life entitled Stars and Stripes Forever. The instrument the sousaphone was named after this famous composer and bandleader. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide The Stars and Stripes Forever (March) is considered the finest march ever written, and at the same time one of the most patriotic ever conceived. As reported in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (May 15, 1897) “ ... It is stirring enough to rouse the American eagle from his crag, and set him to shriek exultantly while he hurls his arrows at the aurora borealis.” (referring to the concert the Sousa Band gave the previous day at the Academy of Music).2 The march was not quite so well received though and actually got an over average rating for a new Sousa march. Yet, its popularity grew as Mr. Sousa used it during the Spanish-American War as a concert closer. Coupled with his Trooping of the Colors, the march quickly gained a vigorous response from audiences and critics alike. In fact, audiences rose from their chairs when the march was played. Mr. Sousa added to the entertainment value of the march by having the piccolo(s) line up in front of the band for the final trio, and then added the trumpets and trombones join them on the final repeat of the strain.
2 Research done by Elizabeth Hartman, head of the music department, Free Library of Philadelphia. Taken from John Philip Sousa, Descriptive Catalog of His Works (Paul E. Bierley, University of Illinois Press, 1973, page 71)
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The march was performed on almost all of Mr. Sousa’s concerts and always drew tears to the eyes of the audience. The author has noted the same emotional response of audiences to the march today. The march has been named as the national march of The United States. There are two commentaries of how the march was inspired. The first came as the result of an interview on Mr. Sousa’s patriotism. According to Mr. Sousa, the march was written with the inspiration of God. “I was in Europe and I got a cablegram that my manager was dead. I was in Italy and I wished to get home as soon as possible, I rushed to Genoa, then to Paris and to England and sailed for America. On board the steamer as I walked miles up and down the deck, back and forth, a mental band was playing ‘Stars and Stripes Forever.’ Day after day as I walked it persisted in crashing into my very soul. I wrote it on Christmas Day, 1896.”3 The second, and more probable inspiration for the march, came from Mr. Sousa’s own homesickness. He had been away from his homeland for some time on tour, and told an interviewer: “In a kind of dreamy way, I used to think over old days at Washington when I was leader of the Marine Band ... when we played at all public functions, and I could see the Stars and Stripes flying from the flagstaff in the grounds of the White House just as plainly as if I were back there again.” “Then I began to think of all the countries I had visited, of the foreign people I had met, of the vast differences between America and American people and other countries and other peoples, and that flag our ours became glorified ... and to my imagination it seemed to be the biggest, grandest, flag in the world, and I could not get back under it quick enough.” “It was in this impatient, fretful state of mind that the inspiration to compose ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ came to me.”4
March of the Resistance From ‘Star Wars the Force Awakens’
John Williams / Paul Lavender Williams, John DOB: February 8th, 1932 (Queens, New York) John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including: Star Wars, Superman, Home Alone, the first three Harry Potter movies, and all but two of Steven Spielberg’s feature films including the Indiana Jones series, Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and Jaws. He also composed the soundtrack for the hit 1960s TV series Lost in Space. Williams has composed theme music for four Olympic Games, the NBC Nightly News, the inauguration of Barack Obama, and numerous television series and concert piece. He served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993 and is now the orchestra’s laureate conductor.
3 Taken from program notes for the week beginning August 19th, 1923. Bierley, John Philip Sousa, page 71. 4 Ibid., page 72
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Williams is a five-time winner of the Academy Award. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards, seven SAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 45 Academy Award nominations, Williams is together with composer Alfred Newman, the second most nominated individual after Walt Disney. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. Williams’ theme music from the film The Patriot was played after Barack Obama’s election victory speech.5
March of the Resistance is the musical track and theme, composed by John Williams, that represents the Resistance in the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. It first plays in the film when Poe Dameron and Resistance forces arrive on Takodana to fight the First Order at Maz Kanata's castle. The motif is continued in "Han and Leia" and "Scherzo for X-Wings."6 This rhythm is easier to hear if you produce it yourself. Try counting this pattern quickly, always emphasizing the “ones”: 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-3, and repeat.7 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams. The direct sequel to 1983's Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, it follows Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor organization to the Galactic Empire.
Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Private Ryan) John Williams / Paul Lavender Hymn to the Fallen In addition to the numerous honors and awards, John Williams’ close collaboration with American film director Steven Spielberg has been key to achieving box office records. Spielberg salutes Williams as “the quintessential film composer,” adding that “John has transformed and uplifted every movie that [they’ve] made together.” This partnership between Spielberg and Williams produced another blockbuster in Saving Private Ryan (1998), a film about a group of American soldiers on a search and rescue mission in enemy territory. To preserve the realism of war, Williams made an artistic choice to not flood the film with music. From this sparse soundtrack came the poignant and noble Hymn to the Fallen. Spielberg described it best: With Saving Private Ryan, John Williams has written a memorial for all the soldiers who sacrificed themselves on the altar of freedom in the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944. Pay particular attention to the cue entitled Hymn to the Fallen, which never appears in the main text of the film, only at the end credit roll. It’s a piece of music and a testament to John Williams’ sensitivity and brilliance that, in my opinion, will stand the test of time and honor forever the fallen of this war and possibly all wars.8
5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams 6 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/March_of_the_Resistance 7 http://mashable.com/2015/12/31/star-wars-music-theory/#gyqdDhobF8qS 8 https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Programs/170802.pdf?ver=2017-07-13-105239-170
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March from Captain America Alan Silvestri / Michael Brown
Alan Anthony Silvestri DOB: March 26th, 1950 Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950 and pictured at left) is an American composer and conductor who works primarily in film and television. He is best known for his frequent collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis, including composing major hit films such as the Back to the Future trilogy and Forrest Gump, as well as the superhero films Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's The Avengers. Captain America. We first must keep in mind that Captain America is a fictional character (really!). Yet, Captain America really is a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941) from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America has been the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum, in order to aid the United States government's imminent efforts in World War II. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif and is armed with a nearly indestructible shield that can be used for defense and can also be thrown as a weapon. An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain America was Timely Comics' most popular character during the 1940s wartime period. After the war ended, the character's popularity waned, and the comic had been discontinued by 1950 aside from an ill-fated 1953 revival. Captain America was re-introduced by Marvel Comics during the Silver Age of comics, as an M.I.A soldier retrieved from an iceberg and awakened from suspended animation by the superhero team the Avengers in The Avengers #4 (March 1964). Since then, Captain America has often led the team, as well as starring in his own series. Silvestri’s music is heroic beyond belief. The bandstration was tastefully done by Michael Brown.
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Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Lew Brown / David Seiberling
Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein - December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, especially Albert Von Tilzer. Brown was one third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson from 1925 until 1931. Brown also wrote or co-wrote many Broadway shows and Hollywood films. Among his most-popular songs are "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "That Old Feeling", and "The Birth of the Blues". "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" is a popular song that was made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrews Sisters during World War II. Its lyrics are the words of two young lovers who pledge their fidelity while one of them is away serving in the war. Originally titled "Anywhere the Bluebird Goes", the melody was written by Sam H. Stept as an updated version of the nineteenth-century English folk song "Long, Long Ago". Lew Brown and Charles Tobias wrote the lyrics and the song debuted in the 1939 Broadway musical Yokel Boy. After the United States entered the war in December 1941, Brown and Tobias modified the lyrics to their current form, with the chorus ending with "...till I come marching home". "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" remained in Your Hit Parade's first place from October 1942 through January 1943. It was the longest period for a war song to hold first place. David Seiberling, arranger, received his B.M. and M.A. in Music Education from Appalachian State University. Between degrees he spent three years in the U.S. Army. He retired in 2001 after teaching 31 years in the North Carolina public school system. For seven years he was director of bands at North Stokes High School. The next twenty-four years were spent at Union Pines High School in Moore County. Since its inception in 1982, Seiberling has been the conductor and musical director of the Moore County Concert Band, and adult band that performs four formal concerts and a Christmas program each year to large and enthusiastic audiences. In January of 2008 he organized a beginner band program for adults over the age of 50. As an arranger, Seiberling’s music has been performed by middle school bands and high school bands in the area. He has written accompaniments for solo performers, including David Vining, trombonist formerly with Cincinnati Conservatory, and background music for a solo Contemporary Christian CD. His original compositions have been performed by community bands in North Carolina and Ohio, and by The UNC Pembroke and Ohio University bands. From 2001 to 2006 Seiberling taught Orchestration/Arranging and Applied Low Brass at UNC Pembroke and is happy to be back, after a year off, teaching Orchestration/Arranging, Conducting, and Music Appreciation
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Soloists Lu Ann Gresh, cornet, is a retired elementary music specialist with 36 years of experience. She has both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in music education from The University of Akron. She has taught for the Revere City Schools, Highland Local Schools, Clark County Schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, and most recently Wadsworth City Schools. She taught preschool music and adult beginning piano classes at The University of Akron. Lu Ann and her husband, Paul, reside in Wadsworth, Ohio. She has two children, Jonathan and Kelsey. She has been a member of the Medina Community Band since 1997. She also plays in the Sounds of Sousa Band, and is a member of the Brass Band of the Western Reserve. Lu Ann currently serves as the trumpet section leader. She is president of the Medina Community Band Association. Lorna Lindsley, cornet, earned her Nursing degree from The Huron Road School of Nursing. She worked as a Registered Nurse at The Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital in their Step Down Unit. She performed with The Bluecoats and Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp over a span of seven years and continues to be active with their alumni groups playing several concerts a year. Lorna lives in Medina with her husband Sam and their three children Bella, Sydney and Emerson. She joined the Medina Community Band in 2017.
Marcia Nelson Kline, Copley resident Marcia Nelson Kline began her trumpet studies with parents Milton and Sarah Nelson, Lloyd Haines, and further advanced her studies with Harry Herforth and James Darling. She is a member of Medina Community Band (since 1984) and Brass Band of the Western Reserve (since 1997) and has performed with Marcus Neiman's Sound of Sousa Band, Mill Street Brass Quintet, and Cleveland Women's Orchestra. She is featured as a cornet soloist on Medina Community Band's CD "Sounds of Summer". Marcia has an associate degree in medical assisting from The University of Akron and is employed by Cleveland Clinic as an ophthalmic technician.
Eagle Squadron March Kenneth Alford Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great examples of the art. He was a Bandmaster in the British Army, and Royal Marines Director of Music. Conductor Sir Vivian Dunn called Ricketts "The British March King." Ricketts’ frequent use of the saxophone contributed to its permanent inclusion in military bands. Early life and education Ricketts was born on 21 February 1881, the 4th child of Robert and Louisa (née Alford) Ricketts in the Thameside hamlet of Ratcliff, within the parish of Shadwell in London's East End. Born within the sound of Bow Bells (the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside), Ricketts had Cockney birthright. His London ancestry can be traced back to the early 18th century: his father was a coal merchant in Ratcliff on the north side of the Thames near Limehouse. On 9 December 1884, a 5th child, Randolph Robjent, was born to the Ricketts family, who, like his elder brother, was to become well known in military musical circles, under the pseudonym Leo Stanley. Ricketts' father died when he was seven and his mother when he was fourteen. His early musical training had been on playing the piano and organ and working as a church chorister in the parish church of St. Paul's, which still stands today. As a boy living in London’s East End he would often hear street musicians and bands, including German bands and early Salvation Army bands. Fascinated by the sound of instruments, the orphaned Ricketts determined that the best course for his future would be to join an army band. Throughout his life, family and friends alike called the future composer "Joe".
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The Eagle Squadron Mach British composer Kenneth J. Alford wrote a march, "Eagle Squadron", in honor of the pilots of the Eagle Squadron. The Eagle Squadron were 3 fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force formed during World War II with volunteer pilots from the USA.9 Like many of Alford’s other marches, Eagle Squadron refers to a military unit. It also utilizes familiar excerpts, in this instance “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “The Royal Air Force,” and “Rule Britannia.” The World War II Eagle Squadron consisted of a group of American pilots who joined the British RAF in 1940, a year before the United States entered the war. Many of the American pilots were inexperienced and some even lied about their flight records, but they were much needed, and they learned quickly. They wore RAF uniforms, flew the English Spitfires, and received the same pay as the British pilots—the equivalent of about sixteen dollars per week. They joined because of their belief in the cause of freedom, not for the wages. By the time Alford composed this march at Plymouth, during the blitz by the Luftwaffe, the first three Americans to join the Eagle Squadron had been killed in action.10 When the Second World War began, the British “March King” Kenneth J. Alford (pseudonym for Major F. J. Ricketts, R.M.) was increasingly in bad health and had composed relatively little music recently. As Hitler's armies marched victoriously across Europe, Britain was soon alone facing the Nazi peril. Alford's great contribution to the war effort was the composition of two of his great masterpieces, Army of the Nile, celebrating the first Allied victories over the Germans in North Africa and Eagle Squadron. The latter of these marches celebrates 244 American airmen who travelled to England during the early years of the war (before the entry of the United States into the conflict) to volunteer for service with the Royal Air Force, serving with great distinction during the Battle of Britain. Alford skillfully weaves a number of well-known tunes into the fabric of the music, including the Royal Air Force March Past and The Star-Spangled Banner, while also including a reference to the Siegfried motive from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung.11
9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32lL_DO71vE 10 Texas A&M University, Legend of the March Volume III, jacket notes (Dr. Timothy Rhea, conductor) 11 https://www.windrep.org/Eagle_Squadron_(arr_Rogers)
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Shenandoah Arranged by Frank Ticheli
Frank Ticheli Born January 21, 1958, Monroe, Louisiana Frank Ticheli has composed works for a variety of media, including band, wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber, and theater- music. Numerous ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan have performed his works. His music has been described as 'lean and muscular and above all, active, in motion' (New York Times), 'showing an unabashed self-assuredness arising from a great foundation of orchestra technique' (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), and expressing 'direct emotion, creating dramatic visceral impact' (Orange County Register). He has won many prizes for his music including the prestigious Goddard Lieberson fellowship and Charles Ives Scholarship (both from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters); the 1989 Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize sponsored by Ithaca College; the Ross Lee Finney Award; a residency at the MacDowell Colony; first prize from the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Contest; and first prize in the eleventh annual "Symposium for New Band Music" in Virginia. He has received many commissions and grants, including one from the Murchison Middle School Concert Band for Cajun Folk Songs for concert band. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters Degrees in Composition from the University of Michigan, and his Bachelor of Music in Composition from Southern Methodist. He is Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California, and for several years (1991-1998) was the Composer-in-Residence of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. He previously was an Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where he served on the board of directors of the Texas Composers Forum, and on the advisory committee for the San Antonio Symphony's "Music of the Americas" project. Shenandoah was a shanty used with the windlass, capstan, and winches for loading cargo. The word shanty, or "chanty", is probably derived from the French word "chanter" - to sing. Shanties were originally shouted out, with emphasis on a syllable or word as sailors performed their work. Shanties developed separate rhythms for the various chores at sea - for raising the anchor (which was done by marching around the capstan), hauling ropes, etc. The origin of Shenandoah is not known. Some believe it originated among the early American river men or Canadian voyageurs. Others believe it was a land song before it went to sea. Most agree that it incorporates both Irish and African-American elements. Shenandoah was tremendously popular both on land and sea and was known by countless names, including: Shennydore, The Wide Missouri, The Wild Mizzourye, The World Of Misery-Solid Fas (a West Indian rowing shanty that may be older than other versions), The Oceanida and Rolling River. W. J. Alden published two verses of the song in Harper's Magazine in 1882. R. Abrams collected a version of Solid Fas in England in 1909. The shanty is believed to date at least to the 1820s.
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Shenandoah was an Indian chief who lived on the Missouri River. Ticheli has developed one of America's most beloved folk songs into a gorgeous concert band setting. A shimmering beauty prevails throughout the transparent sonorities that mark the overall design of the piece, yet the mood easily shifts into moments of power and grandeur- intense and uplifting moments that capture the noble American spirit inherent in the song.
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