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Stephen Foster: Civil War Songs—Ballads, Patriotic Songs, Laments
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Artist
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Linda Russell, guitar & vocals. Rudolph Palmer, fortepiano. Rooke Chapel Choir. William Payn, conductor, & others.
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Label
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Helicon Classics
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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50'01/1996
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Label Number
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1002
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Daedalus Item Code
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27218
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This item is not available.
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Description
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This tremendously affecting program of enduringly appealing Foster songs includes "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?" "That's What's the Matter," "Beautiful Dreamer," "I'll be a Soldier," "Give This to Mother," "Father Abraham," "Larry's Goodbye," "Willie Has Gone to the War," "Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier," "Bring My Brother Back to Me," "The Merry Month of May," "The Voices That Are Gone," "While the Bowl Goes Round," "The Moustache Song," "Bury Me in the Morning," "For the Dear Old Flag I Die," "We've a Million in the Field," and "Slumber Song." "Russell sings with a folksinger's voice and a carefully judged balance between rawness and cultivation."—Boston Globe
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