RELIGIOUS SPHERE

#1 "Emmaus" (1788) 1:45   William Billings (1746-1800)   His Majestie's Clerkes conducted by Paul Hillier   Harmonia Mundi HMU #907048 ©1992

#2 "Sherburne" (1803) 1:52   Daniel Read (1757-1836)   Field Recording made by Alan Lomax in 1959   Alabama Sacred Harp Convention   New World Records #80205 ©1977

FOLK SPHERE

#3 "John Henry" 2:42   Performed by Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston in the 1940s   Smithsonian Folkways SF 40007 ©1989

#4 "John Henry" (a version published in 1940s) 3:10   Performed by Mike Seeger (banjo/vocals) and Peggy Seeger (guitar)   Music arranged by Ruth Crawford for her book, American Folksongs for Children (ca. 1950s).   Rounder CD 11544 ©1987

#5 "8 Hour Day"   Text by John Hory (1886); music ("Wild Amerikay") trad./colonial.   Perfomed by Pete Seeger   Smithsonian Folkways SF 40058 ©1992

#6 "John Riley" 2:24   Perfomed by Pete Seeger   Smithsonian Folkways SF40018 ©1993

POPULAR SPHERE

#7 "Old Folks at Home" 1851   Stephen Foster   Perf. by the Robert Shaw Chorale (1958)   RCA Victor 09026-61253-2 ©1993

#8 "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout the River)" (1957)   Ray Charles   Rhino / Atlantic 71722 ©1994

CLASSICAL SPHERE

#9 "The Circus Band" (1894) 1:55   Charles Ives (1874-1954)   Perf. by Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano) and Gilbert Kalish (piano)   Elektra Nonesuch 9 71325-2 ©1976

#10 "The Indians" (1921) 2:10   same as #9

#11 "Overture: Parachute Dancing" (1983) 5:28   by Libby Larsen (b. 1950)   Perf. by London Symphony Orchestra, directed by Joel Revzen   Koch 3-7370-2 ©1997