Songs of the Civil War /
Singers, songwriters and instrumentalists whose backgrounds encompass folk music, country, bluegrass, pop and black music combine their talents to tell the epic of the Civil War through its songs. It uses still photos and spoken passages along with newly filmed live performances to evoke emotion and...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Sony Music Video,
[1991?]
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| Summary: | Singers, songwriters and instrumentalists whose backgrounds encompass folk music, country, bluegrass, pop and black music combine their talents to tell the epic of the Civil War through its songs. It uses still photos and spoken passages along with newly filmed live performances to evoke emotion and link the songs to the history of the war. The well-documented stories behind the songs reveal the anguish of the slave, homesick soldier, forlorn wife and grieving widow. |
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| Item Description: | Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Videocassette release of the 1991 production. Run, mourner, run / Sweet Honey in the Rock -- give us a flag / Richie Havens -- Shiloh ; The secesh / John Hartford ; Somebody's darling / Kathy Mattea -- Taps / United States Military Academy Band -- The vacant chair / Kathy Mattea -- Better times are coming / Kate and Anna McGarrigle -- Lorena / John Hartford -- Marching through Georgia / Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Fiddle Fever -- Hard times come again no more / Kate and Anna McGarrigle -- Old unreconstructed / Waylon Jennings -- When Johnny comes marching home / Ronnie Gilbert -- Ashokan farewell (reprise) / Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Fiddle Fever. "19V-49096." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Audience: | Music. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Jeri Supanen ; camera, Arnold Basov, Jim Brown and Bob Fiore ; editor, Pam Wise. |
| ISBN: | 1564060969 |