GEORGE WASHINGTON: PORTRAIT IN SONG, AmeriMusic, Inc., $15.95.
Noted musicologist and tenor Douglas Jimerson–known for recreating historical music in authentic styles, often on period instruments–has prepared a CD program inspired by the music books of Nelly Parke Custis, George Washington’s beloved granddaughter. Themes include patriotic marches, songs from favorite oratorios and operas, songs of the taverns, and music of the Revolutionary War.
Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, […]
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