by Harold Milligan) (1737-1791); Herbert Hughes (1882-1937); John Ireland (1879-1962); Frederick Keel (1871-1954); Herbert Kingsley (1882-1961); Franco Leoni (1864-1949); Thomas Linley (1733-1795); Edward MacDowell (1860-1908); Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890-1951); Easthope Martin (1882-1925); George Munro (1680-1731);
John Jacob Niles (1892-1980); Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967); Roger Quilter (1877-1953); Gladys Rich (1904-1994); William Roy (1928-2003); John Saaco (1905-1987); Rudolph Schirmer (1859-1919); William Schuman (1910-1992); Arthur Somerwell (1863-1957); Lily Strickland (1884-1958); Eric.
12, the organist will be First Congregational Church's Barbara Baird, playing the music of
John Jacob Niles, Pietro Yon and Max Reger.
Ron Pen, I Wonder As I Wander: The Life of
John Jacob Niles Anne Dhu McLucas
Their set list includes standards from the Great American Songbook, songs from the musical theater, and traditional carols with a fresh approach, with music by Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerry Herman, Irving Berlin,
John Jacob Niles, and more.
John Jacob Niles was one of those liminal characters so often found throughout the history of American music, difficult to define in academic terms and almost as difficult to pin down as a personality.
The Songs of
John Jacob Niles, Two Volumes, for High Voice and Low Voice, with piano (revised and expanded edition).
John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but at the age of ten his family moved to a farm, and it has been suggested that this mix of urban and rural in his background explains his success in melding an interest in sophisticated art music with a genuine feel for rural folk music.
He will sing an American program that includes songs by
John Jacob Niles, Dominick Argento, John Duke, Charles Ives, Samuel Barber (text by James Joyce) and Jake Heggie (text by Emily Dickinson).
Lost Melodies: Hope Koehler Performs Songs of
John Jacob Niles. Hope Koehler, soprano; James Douglass, piano.
Maddox will plan Maurice Ravel's "Jeux d'eau," then join Blankenship to play Wolfgang Mozart's Violin Sonata in E minor and join Shapiro for songs by Ned Rorem and
John Jacob Niles. Shapiro and Blankenship will team up for several songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
John Jacob Niles); "Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head" (adapted by
John Jacob Niles); "Lulle Lullay" (arr.
Vicki Tucker Courtney has made a new arrangement of "The Lass from the Low Country" that offers an alternative to the
John Jacob Niles arrangements with which we are familiar.