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Thread #37836   Message #528970
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
15-Aug-01 - 11:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Civil War Buffs - Question
Subject: RE: BS: Civil War Buffs - Question
KatL, I broke to get the title of an album that I consider the best on the Civil War. The musical instruments used are all period, Southern as well as Northern music is played. All of the bugle and drum calls are included. The album has been reissued on Mercury: The Civil War, The Music and its Sounds, Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Truly engrossing and with an excellent booklet. I don't know of any WVA music that is definitely tied to the Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion) period. The bands and troops on each side had their partisan music but also many songs that were common to both sides such as Goober Peas (Southern, but quickly picked up by the Union soldiers). Songs like Juanita, The girl I left behind me and many others were sung by all. Dr Cox, "Folk Songs of the South" (nearly all collected in West Virginia) has a few war songs which may be variants known only in WVA.