Roots of American Music--Classical Imports, Immigrant "Heart Songs" and Traditional Dance Tunes

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Thu, March 30, 2017 7:30 PM, EDT

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Capacity: 7 of 20 spots still available
: 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

Dinah B.

Let's celebrate as we anticipate the arrival of spring.

What's the music?

Jacqueline Schwab Piano

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.