Songs We’ve Always Sung

Ep 11

Aaron Copland’s “Old American Songs” have become recital standards, but traditional texts and tunes have attracted many other classical composers, including John Jacob Niles, George Crumb, and Jake Heggie.

Songs

The Little Horses1930 The Little Horses1952 · Old American Songs, Set 2Aaron Copland I Bought Me a Cat1950 · Old American Songs, Set 1Aaron Copland The Leather-Winged Bat1994 · Three Folk SongsJake Heggie Shenandoah1800 Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair1910Cecil Sharp Black is the Color1921John Jacob Niles Black, Black, Black is the Color2002 · Unto the Hills: American Songbook IIIGeorge Crumb The Old Woman’s CourtshipJohn Powell The NightingaleClifford Shaw Barbara Allen Barb’ry Allen1994 · Three Folk SongsJake Heggie John Riley1915Howard Brockway The Golden Willow Tree1952 · Old American Songs, Set 2Aaron Copland California1849Steven Mark Kohn On the Other Shore1959 On the Other Shore1949Steven Mark Kohn