OUT OF MANY, ONE

E Pluribus Unum

Rigaudon – Andre Campra, arr. by D. Haislip                                       

Rhosymedre – Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. by D. Haislip                          

Loch Lomond - Vaughan Williams, arr. by D. Haislip                           

Sea Songs - Vaughan Williams, arr. by D. Haislip                                       

Magnificat - Charles T. Pachelbel, arr. by D. Haislip                                      

Sonata Pian e Forte – Giovanni Gabrielli, arr. by D. Haislip                          

Hodie Christus Natus Est – Jans Sweelinck, arr. by D. Haislip              

En Natus Est Emanuel – Michael Praetorius, arr. by D. Haislip              

Fireworks Music – George F. Handel, arr. by D.  Haislip                          

Auld Lang Syne - Traditional, arr. by D. Haislip                                    

Sabre and Spurs – John Philip Sousa, arr. by D.  Haislip                          

El Capitan – John Philip Sousa, arr. by D. Haislip                                       

Prelude 2 – George Gershwin, arr. D. Haislip                                       

Lassus Trombone – Henry Fillmore, arr. C. Della Peruti                           

Sleigh Bell Jingle – arr. D. Haislip                                                               

Stompin at the Savoy – Benny Goodman arr. J. Holmes                         

Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin, arr. J. Holmes                         

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – arr. D. Haislip                                                   

Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Jerry Gray arr. J. Holmes                                     

 

This recording contains music about our national motto –E Pluribus Unum – Out of many, one.  The motto was chosen for the Great Seal of the United States in 1776 by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.  It was a phrase that offered a strong statement of the American determination to form a single nation from a collection of states.  Over the years, E Pluribus Unum has also served as a reminder of America’s bold attempt to make one unified nation of people from many different backgrounds and beliefs.  The challenge of seeking unity while respecting diversity has played a critical role in shaping our history, our literature and our national character. 

 

We start with music representing some of the finest cultures of Western Civilization.   Andre Campra wrote music in the French opera style of the Baroque.  Around the turn of the 20^th Century, Ralph Vaughan Williams and his contempories, Gustav Holst, Cecil Sharpe, and others, realized that the music of the people, or the folk song, was dying off with the older generation.  The youth of the day just were not picking up on these beautiful songs.  So they formed the English Folk Song Society and went out to the villages, seaports, and probably the local pubs, and transcribed by hand these beautiful pieces for posterity.  You can hear the influence of the folk song in all of their music, be it instrumental or vocal.  Rhosymedre was originally written for organ in a style reminiscent of Bach.  Every line is a melody unto itself.  Loch Lomond was written for accapella men’s chorus and Sea Songs in the traditional military band setting.  Charles Theodore Pachelbel was the son of composer Johann Pachelbel who wrote the famous Canon in D.  Charles emigrated from Germany to the American colonies (probably through England).  The Magnificat was originally written for double chorus and continuo and the premier was given in 1736 in the first documented concert presented in New York City.  The Sonata Pian e Forte was written to be played in St. Mark’s in Venice, Italy, for the predecessors of today’s modern brass instruments, the cornetto and sagbut.  It is the first piece that we know of where the composer notated the dynamics he wanted.  Piano means soft and Forte means loud in music.  Thus, this is the “song soft and loud.”  Sweelinck was a Dutch composer of the Renaissance.  He is most noted for being the first composer to use the pedals of the organ as an independent voice.  Praetorious was a prolific German composer best known for his sacred choral music.  George F. Handel was an English composer, well he actually came from Germany.  Come to think of it, the King of England at the time wasn’t English either.  He came from Germany as well.

 

 By the end of the album, we have blended them all into traditional American sounds.  John Philip Sousa is known as the March King having written hundreds of marches.  He was director of the United States Marine Band.  Around the turn of the 20^th Century, Sousa and his contemporary, Henry Fillmore, used to tour the country with their bands much like today’s pop culture rock bands (but without electricity!).   And finally we finish with the music played by the big bands.  This was the popular music from the early 1930’s to the mid 1940’s.  Hundreds of bands from Benny Goodman to Glenn Miller traveled around the country playing dances and concerts to millions of fans.  This music has endured not just because of the memories it evokes, but for its classic rich harmony and true American spirit.

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