George F Root
Born: 30th August 1820, Sheffield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 6th August 1895, Bailey Island, Harpswell, Maine, United States
Nationality: American
George Frederick Root was a romantic American composer, who found particular fame during the American Civil War, with songs such as "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!", the tune re-used for "Jesus Loves the Little Children", and "The Battle Cry of Freedom". He is regarded as the first American to compose a secular cantata.
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Primadonna on a Moose
Mary Lou Fallis (soprano), Daniel Neff (baritone), Anna Madgett (soprano) Victoria Scholars, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, John Greer
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The McCormack Edition Volume 6 | The Acoustic Recordings (1915-16)
John McCormack (tenor), Emil Keneke (trumpet), Harry Macdonough (tenor), Reinald Werrenrath (baritone), William F. Hooley (bass) & Fritz Kreisler (violin)
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The Hand That Holds The Bread | Songs of Progress and Protest in the Gilded Age 1865-1893
Michael Van Engen, Thomas Mariner, Samuel Watts, Janice Conrads, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimberly Johns, Richard Perry, Bruno Kazenas, Philip Yutzy, Earl Rivers, Kate Scharre, Douglas Pennington, Carol Sweeney-Sparrow, Ronald Campbell, Marianne Specht, Carol Penterman, Vera Grujin, Joel Imbody, Faith Prince, Thomas Bankston, Kim Criswell (mezzo-soprano), Cincinnati's University Singers
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Where Home Is: Life in 19th-Century Cincinnati | Crossroads of the East and West
Peter Basquin (piano and harmonium), Clifford Jackson (baritone), John Aler (tenor) The Harmoneion Singers, John Miner
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