Roots of American Music--Classical Imports, Immigrant "Heart Songs" and Traditional Dance Tunes
Waban
Thu, March 30, 2017 7:30 PM, EDT
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Capacity
- 7 of 20 spots still available
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- Bring your own drinks
- No bathroom at this event
This is a groupmuse
A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
Host
Let's celebrate as we anticipate the arrival of spring.
What's the music?
A program of classical music and vintage American music by the pianist heard on Ken Burns' Civil War, Baseball, Mark Twain and other PBS documentaries.
Lament of the First Generation (Irish-American air by fiddler Liz Carroll)
Traditional (late-18th-c.) Scottish set: The Marquis of Huntley's Strathspey, Miss Dumbreck and Miss Stevenson's Reel
Nocturne in E Minor, Op. Posth. 72 (Frederic Chopin, 1827; published 1855)
Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Collins Foster, 1862)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (African-American spiritual)
Solace--A Mexican Serenade (Scott Joplin, 1909)
Prelude and Menuet, from Le Tombeau de Couperin (Maurice Ravel, 1918)
Nola (Felix Arndt, 1915)
Y La Negra Bailaba!, from Danzas Afro-Cubans (Ernesto Lecuona, ca. 1930)
I Had Myself a True Love (Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, 1946)
Homenaje a Mi Pueblo (Venezuelan waltz, by Macario Gonzales)
Nimrod, from Variations, Op. 36 (Enigma Variations) (Edward Elgar, 1898-99)
Location
Exact address sent to approved attendees via email.
This is a groupmuse
A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
Host
Attendees
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