Songs of Liberty

~ Release by The New York Choral Society, The Robert De Cormier Singers, Robert De Cormier (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1America
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
arranger:
David Düsing
recording of:
America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee)
anthem of:
USA (until 1931)
lyricist:
Samuel Francis Smith
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
God Save the King (national anthem of several countries in the British Commonwealth)
Samuel Francis Smith3:36
2You're a Grand Old Flag
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
tenor vocals:
David Düsing
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
George M. Cohan3:27
3Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
writer:
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin3:19
4Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
lyricist:
David T. Shaw
composer:
David T. Shaw (in 1843)
arranger:
Thomas a’Beckett (credited as arranger of "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean")
included in:
Memories / Victory March / Memories II / The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (Stormy Weather, 1943)
Thomas a’Beckett3:02
5This Land Is Your Land
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie3:26
6The Star Spangled Banner
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
anthem of:
United States (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
Francis Scott Key3:39
7America the Beautiful
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
Samuel A. Ward and Katharine Lee Bates4:34
8Yankee Doodle
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:43
9Chester
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
William Billings1:41
10Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
solo alto vocals:
Louise De Cormier
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:58
11America
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
William Billings1:35
12The Liberty Song
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
John Dickinson2:40
13Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:04
14Mad Anthony Wayne
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:49
15Amazing Grace
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
solo vocals:
Pamela Warrick-Smith
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (song book of “Viides herätysliike”) (number: 94)
John Newton3:59
16He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:29
17I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
solo vocals:
Pamela Warrick-Smith
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas4:21
18Beautiful River
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Robert Lowry4:09
19The Promised Land
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[unknown]1:49
20O Freedom
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
solo vocals:
Pamela Warrick-Smith
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]3:54
21We Shall Overcome
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
solo vocals:
Pamela Warrick-Smith
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]5:38
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Battle Cry of Freedom
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Battle Cry of Freedom
lyricist and composer:
George Frederick Root (aka G. Friedrich Wurzel) (in 1862)
George Frederick Root2:15
2The Bonnie Blue Flag
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Bonnie Blue Flag
lyricist:
Harry Macarthy
Harry McCarthy2:27
3Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Walter Kittredge5:20
4When Johnny Comes Marching Home
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad.)
lyricist:
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6637)
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore2:09
5Who Shall Rule This American Nation
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Henry Clay Work2:06
6Dixie
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Dixie
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Decatur Emmett (19th century songwriter)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Klezmer Corp (publisher, ASCAP)
Daniel Decatur Emmett3:13
7We Are Coming, Father Abraham
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
solo tenor vocals:
David Düsing
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More
lyricist:
James Sloan Gibbons
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
James Sloan Gibbons & Stephen Foster2:54
8Battle Hymn of the Republic
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
Julia Ward Howe5:05
9El Capitan / The Stars and Stripes Forever
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
medley including a recording of:
El Capitán (march)
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1896)
is based on:
El Capitan (operetta)
medley including a recording of:
The Stars and Stripes Forever
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1896)
John Philip Sousa6:09
10Over There
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
George M. Cohan2:53
11The Sinking of the Reuben James
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
Woody Guthrie3:07
12Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Frank Loesser2:25
13When the Lights Go on Again
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Eddie Seiler3:57
14Goodbye Broadway, Hello France
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
C. Francis Reisner, Benny Davis & Billy Baskette2:47
15The Caissons Go Rolling Along / Anchors Aweigh / The U.S. Air Force Song / Marine Corps Hymn
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[unknown]4:01
16When I First Came to This Land
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Oscar Brand2:50
17Uncle Sam's Farm
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
Jesse Hutchison, Jr.2:58
18I've Been Working on the Railroad
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:46
19Simple Gifts
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:01
20Home on the Range
choir vocals:
The Robert DeCormier Singers
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
[anonymous]2:53
21Lift Every Voice and Sing
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
solo vocals:
Pamela Warrick-Smith
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
James Weldon Johnson & John Rosamond Johnson4:05
22God Bless America
choir vocals:
The New York Choral Society
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Irving Berlin3:40