Protest Singing, Part 1: A Little Bit of History
Choral Fixation
English - January 19, 2021 05:05 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMusic Commentary Music Society & Culture a capella carollers carols choirs choral choral fixation choral music chorale chorus classical music Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The books, songs and Saturday morning cartoon discussed in this episode include:
The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin, from Penguin Random House
The World in Six Songs: Dr. Daniel Levitin at TEDxUSC 2012
The Power of Grayskull by Prince Adam, aka He-Man
The "Tenore Ulianesu" singing Sardinian Pastoral Songs in an Irish Pub
33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day by Dorian Lynskey, from HarperCollins
Yankee Doodle by The Robert Shaw Chorale (note: This isn’t actually played in the episode, but we wanted to note that Jacqui slightly misrepresents the origins of this song. The original lyrics, pre-dandy talk, were mostly nonsense words in English and Dutch).
John Brown’s Body by Pete Seeger
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba
The Diggers’ Song Chumbawamba
Captain Kidd by Great Big Sea
Bonus hymn based on a song about a pirate: Precious Name performed by Dr. Terry Morris, First United Methodist, Downtown, Houston TX
Special thanks to Aaron P, Ian D and Jeffrey C for listening and giving feedback. Much appreciated!
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