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Penny Anderson
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2013
Altamont / Singers Farewell
The online shape-note periodical The Trumpet published this song of mine and the editors kindly provided all of us with recordings of their "test singings" of the pieces. They didn't have anyone singing in the normal treble range and sang the treble an octave down, so I've added that part in its usual octave. It still sounds a bit muddy with all that close harmony but we do our best 😊
I titled it Altamont in honor of Altamont, NY, where I had just been attending the Old Songs Festival, but apparently the bad associations of the name are still alive and well. So nowadays I call it Singers Farewell.
I titled it Altamont in honor of Altamont, NY, where I had just been attending the Old Songs Festival, but apparently the bad associations of the name are still alive and well. So nowadays I call it Singers Farewell.
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Thirty fourth Psalm
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An overdubbed mockup of Joseph Stephenson's Thirty-fourth Psalm. Bass is sung an octave higher than written, which makes the tenor (melody) the lowest part overall. The score is from Northern Harmony, 5th edition, p. 247.
New Jerusalem
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Rivers of Delight sing Jeremiah Ingalls's New Jerusalem in a program of 18th-century New England singing school music for the Depreciation Lands Museum
Funeral Hymn
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Rivers of Delight sing Oliver Holden's Funeral Hymn at the Depreciation Lands Museum.
Blow Ye the Trumpet
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Rivers of Delight sing Supply Belcher's (yes, really) Jubilant followed by Lewis Edson's Lenox at the Depreciation Lands Museum, getting a little carried away by enthusiasm at the end.
New Jordan
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Rivers of Delight sing Nehemiah Shumway's New Jordan (verse 2 as our videographer came in late :) for the Depreciation Lands Museum.
Daisies White
มุมมอง 143 ปีที่แล้ว
I made this mockup for the vocal ensemble Sorora. Then I just liked it so put it out here.
In the Time Of
มุมมอง 433 ปีที่แล้ว
I found this bit of poetry by Thomas Nashe in a news article on Covid-19 and set it to music. Here my singing partner Jake and I work it out on my back porch with the help of some birds and the wind, on a not-too-cold December day.
Granville guide video
มุมมอง 1504 ปีที่แล้ว
A guide video for the Pittsburgh shape note singers to add their voices to
Face Velvet Church Daisy Red
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For everyone who has been touched by these five words or in some other way by dementia, you are not alone. Here are the words: Here we are at the doctor's, they're testing my memory, A nice man asking questions while you watch so anxiously, There're five little words I should keep in my head, Face, velvet, church, daisy, red. Face, velvet, church, daisy, red. [Chorus:] Face-can we face the trut...
Lowlands crankie
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My first crankie project. "Lowlands" is a traditional song of the British Isles. I learned it from Noreen Keene at the FSGW Getaway.
I had a stroke in 2017 and spent several months in hospital going through all the standard cognitive function tests. When it came to the 'remember these five words' test I used mnemonic memory techniques which I'd learned from Derren Brown's books and formed a strong visual image associated with the words. My memory was quite badly affected by the stroke, but when I saw that same nurse about 3 weeks later I repeated the words back to her, I can still recall them at any time, was quite surprised when I typed them into youtube search and got a result this specific. So thanks to Derren, and thanks for this lovely song, the experience of cognitive impairment (of any cause) isn't publicised enough, and I still have trouble convincing people that my poor memory , disorganised and disoriented thinking etc. are the result of brain damage and not the result of laziness or some sort of character flaw as people tend to assume.
Thank you for your kind comment! I wrote this after accompanying my mother to her Alzheimer's testing and diagnosis, and I'm especially thinking of her since yesterday was her birthday. It's very hard to separate the cognitive impairment of a person from the core of their humanity, I think it's very frightening to everyone involved. We all pride ourselves on what we are capable of. But we are more than that. Oliver Sacks wrote about these things beautifully. Not practical and entertaining things like Derren Brown but more philosophical.
This is going to help me pass the test.
Face Velvet Church Daisy Red is very Presidential! These words appear on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) which was administered earlier this year by the White House doctor Ronny Jackson to President Trump in order to establish his mental capacity with the American people. I LOVE YOUR SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your beautiful voice! I am so glad to have found this.
très chouette ce morceau. malheureusement, je n'ai pas compris les paroles. tu devrais les mettre en dessous de la vidéo. pense à celles et ceux qui n'ont pas l'anglais pour langue maternelle ! bises Choa
Ah c'était un moment trop affligeant pour penser à cela; je le fais maintenant. Grosses bises!
Ben, j'ai essayé de t'envoyer un courriel mais c'était refusé! So email me!
Absolutely beautiful and your singing is so touching and perfect for your crankie creation.
Absolutely beautiful! Your lovely voice and wonderful crankie are a good marriage. Thank you, Shel
It's wonderful, Penny!
Yay!! It's beautiful, and I'm so happy to see it here! xoxo
I seem to have lost your in a computer crash; and yes, we finally got high-speed internet here so my email *has* changed. Could you maybe friend me on facebook? Or Rich, for that matter? Then we can exchange email addresses in confidence.
What a pleasure to hear from you! Email me -- I still have the same address (mine to you bounced).
Congratulations -- lovely!
Fabulous Penny! Glad you published your crankie!