America the Beautiful: Songs of Our Heritage

~ Release by Michigan State University Children’s Choir, Mary Alice Stollak (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

These songs represent a portion of the abundant cultural heritage of America. Some are folk songs, native flowers that grew out of the life of the cowboy on the lonely Western range, out of the ground of the south and the hopes of African-Americans, on the green hills imagined by Irish-Americans in the busy cities, or in another of the thousand souls that make up the historical soul of the American landscape. Other songs were composed by individuals and have grown into American favorites. --liner notes

Annotation last modified on 2021-04-12 17:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Danny Boy
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Julie Knowles
arrangement of:
Danny Boy
3:26
2Beautiful Dreamer
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
recording of:
Beautiful Dreamer (for choir, Nelson)
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1864)
arranger:
Ronald Nelson (choral arranger)
publisher:
Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
arrangement of:
Beautiful Dreamer
3:06
3I Got Shoes
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
arranger:
Rollo Dilworth (American choral conductor and composer)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
I Got Shoes (arr. Shaw)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arrangement of:
I Got Shoes (spiritual)
2:14
4This Little Light of Mine
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
recording of:
This Little Light of Mine (for choir with piano accompaniment, arr. Robert A. Harris)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Robert A. Harris
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
This Little Light of Mine
3:15
5America the Beautiful
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
2:36
6Over the Rainbow
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
5:16
7Amazing Grace
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover 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)
2:55
8Shenandoah
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
arranger:
Jay Althouse
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
2:49
9My Lord What a Morning
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
My Lord, What a Morning (spiritual)
publisher:
Hinshaw Music (a member of the Fred Bock Publishing Group)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sue Ellen Page (composer and arranger of choral music)
3:28
10He’s Gone Away
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
He's Gone Away
publisher:
Elkan-Vogel (a division of Theodore Presser (acquired 1972))
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ron Nelson (American composer)
3:04
11Shady Grove
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
banjo:
Stan Werbin
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Shady Grove
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4456)
2:28
12Simple Gifts
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
organ:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Simple Gifts
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist and composer:
Joseph Brackett (in 1848)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
2:34
13Home on the Range
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
instruments:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Home on the Range
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
3:40
14Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Connie Hoshal (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
vocals:
MSU High School Treble Ensemble (Michigan State University Community Music School)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
3:28
15God Bless America
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
instruments:
Judy Kabodian (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
3:23
16MSU Shadows
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
arranger:
Donna Gartman Schultz (American composer)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
cover recording of:
MSU Shadows (alma mater of Michigan State University since 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Traynor (football line coach and basketball coach at Michigan State in the 1920s)
2:23
17America the Beautiful
recording engineer:
Konrad Strauss
producer:
Lou Everett (co-founder of Delta Records, a label specializing in choral music)
piano:
Georgia Pappas Fragale (pianist)
choir vocals:
Michigan State University Children’s Choir (MSU Community Music School , founder Mary Alice Stollak)
chorus master:
Mary Alice Stollak (choral director)
recorded at:
St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
2:42