| Description |
1 audio disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Joseph S. Szurly. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
All selections previously released, 1956-1991. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes, inserted. |
| Contents |
God bless America / Irving Berlin (The Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra) (2:13) -- America the beautiful / Samuel Augustus Ward, Katherine Lee Bates (Robert Merrill, baritone ; The London Festival Chorus and Orchestra ; Stanley Black, conductor) (4:10) -- Bless this house / May H. Brahe, Helen Taylor (Benjamin Luxon, baritone ; David Willison, piano) (2:49) -- America (My country 'tis of thee) (The Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra) (2:18) ; Shenandoah (The Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; Jerold Ottley, conductor) (3:52) ; The Battle of New Orleans (The Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; Jerold Ottley, conductor) (4:36) / traditional -- My old Kentucky Home / Stephen Foster (The Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra) (4:04) -- This land is your land / Woodie Guthrie (The Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor) (3:31) -- American salute / Morton Gould (The Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor) (4:31) -- Star-spangled banner / traditional, Francis Scott Key (The Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra) (3:00) -- The caissons go rolling along (U.S. Army) / Edmund L. Gruber (3:09) ; Anchors aweigh (U.S. Navy) / Charles A. Zimmerman (2:48) ; The Air Force song (U.S. Air Force) / Robert M. Crawford (2:37) ; Semper paratus (U.S. Coast Guard) / Francis Saltus Van Boskerek (3:02) ; The Marine Corps hymn / Arthur Phillips (3:28) (Band of the Grenadier Guards ; Rodney Bashford, conductor) -- National emblem (The Band of the Coldstream Guards ; Douglas A. Pope, conductor) (2:53) ; Semper fidelis (Band of the Grenadier Guards ; Frederick J. Harris, conductor) (2:46) ; Washington Post (Eastman Wind Ensemble ; Frederick Fennell, conductor) (2:30) ; The stars and stripes forever (Eastman Wind Ensemble ; Donald Hunsberger, conductor) (3:28) / John Philip Sousa. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Patriotic music -- United States.
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National music -- United States.
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Marches (Band)
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| Added Author |
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004.
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Black, Stanley.
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Luxon, Benjamin.
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Willison, David.
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Ottley, Jerold D.
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Williams, John, 1932-
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Bashford, Rodney.
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Pope, Douglas A., 1904-1984.
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Harris, F. J. (Frederick John), 1900-
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Fennell, Frederick.
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Hunsberger, Donald.
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Eric Rogers Chorale.
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Eric Rogers Orchestra.
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London Festival Chorus.
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London Festival Orchestra.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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Boston Pops Orchestra.
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Band of the Grenadier Guards (Great Britain)
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Band of the Coldstream Guards (Great Britain)
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Eastman Wind Ensemble.
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| Added Title |
America |
| Note |
Title on container spine: America's greatest hits |
| Standard No. |
028947618102 |
| Music No. |
B0002337-02 Decca |
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