Places That Sing to Us
Ep 13
There are places in the American landscape that are part of our collective consciousness, thanks to music. In this program, we listen to songs that have helped shape the way we see our country.
Songs
My Native Land1897Charles IvesA Life in the West1844Henry RussellGeorge Pope MorrisHome on the Range1873Daniel KelleyDr. Brewster HigleyE-Ri-E CanalMy Old Kentucky Home1853Stephen FosterStephen FosterSugar in the Cane1946 · Blue Mountain BalladsPaul BowlesTennessee WilliamsKnoxville: Summer of 1915 (op. 24)1948Samuel BarberJames AgeeHell in Texas2006Steven Mark KohnThe Boatmen’s Dance1950 · Old American Songs, Set 1Aaron CoplandRiver Chanty1950Kurt WeillMaxwell AndersonThe Housatonic at Stockbridge1921Charles IvesRobert Underwood JohnsonThe Lordly Hudson1947Ned RoremPaul GoodmanShenandoah1800