Help: Music for Harvest Festivals (songs)

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Mbo
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 04:51 PM

Harvest Home, by Big Country. Heartland, by Anuna. The Scythe Song, by Dougie MacLean. The Man in The Moon, by Dougie MacLean. In Aimsir An Fheir (Harvest Song), by Connie Dover.

--Matthew

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Charcloth
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 04:39 PM

I kinda figured you can't have a harvest without a planting. It may be a little cynical but it's realistic kinda like "Pastures of Plenty" but not nearly so hard. Thistle & Shamrock did a program with harvest in mind some time back I don't know if you could access that list or no

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: GUEST,shebamay
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 04:06 PM

For seasonal songs I always I find invaluable the book "A Revels Garland of Song" by John Langstaff. If you check out the Revels site in Boston you can probably order the book or get a tape. "The Jolly Ploughboys" is a neat one in the above collection. Also "John Barleycorn" is a rowdy humorous one from that collection...an old English ballad.

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 03:07 PM

1. How about good, old "Come ye thankful people, come?" [HARVEST HOME]

2. I don't think you want "The field behind the plow." First, it's about planting, not harvest. 2nd, it's cynical in a gentle and resigned way. Not the right note for a festival.

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 01:47 PM

Apologies MMario I did not try the Digitrad Lyrics search. It came back with many more results some of which are tunes I have in books - only I did not know they were associated with 'Harvest' as I only have the tune not the lyrics and could not translate the titles.
I will be looking those up mouldy & Charcloth
Roger

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Charcloth
Date: 16 Aug 00 - 08:56 AM

Stan Rogers did a nice song I can't remember the name of it but I think it was "The Field Behind the Plow" very nice song. You don't hear it much

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: roopoo
Date: 15 Aug 00 - 02:57 PM

The tune "Harvest Home" would be a good starting point, followed perhaps by "Speed the Plough". Both widely available in tune books.

mouldy

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 15 Aug 00 - 02:52 PM

Thanks MMario I did that. Thing is there are going to be a lot of musicians there so I am going to need something a little unusual or we could all be playing the same tune. Then a very long silence.......
Roger

Subject: RE: Help: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: MMario
Date: 15 Aug 00 - 02:05 PM

Roger - try "harvest" in the DT search....I'm sure some of them will be appropriate

Subject: Music for Harvest Festivals
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 15 Aug 00 - 01:56 PM

Does anyone have any fitting music to play at a Harvest Festival fundraiser? I would like to learn a tune or two to contribute to the event. Unfortunately, I do not know where to look - any tune suggestions?

Roger

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