Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder
Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder
Track Listings
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1. The Girl I Left Behind Me - Jep Bisbee
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2. The Girl I Left Behind Me - Pat Enright
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3. Sweet By and By - Andrea Zonn
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4. The Blue Juniata - Riders in the Sky
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5. Oh! Susanna - Keith Little
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6. Roll the Old Chariot Along - The Princely Players
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7. Highland Mary - Deborah Packard
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8. Arkansas Traveler/Devil's Dream - Pa's Fiddle Band
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9. Captain Jinks - Riders in the Sky
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10. Oft in the Stilly Night - Deborah Packard & John Mock
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11. The Big Sunflower - Douglas B. Green
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12. Happy Land - Peggy Duncan Singers & Pa's Fiddle Band
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13. Barbara Allen - Deborah Packard
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14. Nelly Was a Lady - Dave Olney
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15. Uncle Sam's Farm - Douglas B. Green
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16. Promised Land - Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp Singers
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17. On Jordan's Stormy Banks - Walnut Grove Church
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18. Bonus Track: The Devil's Dream - Jep Bisbee
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The Little House® books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are famed for their compelling stories of life on the frontier of the 1860s-80s. By tracing her family's history Wilder expressed the trials and triumphs of those who attempted to carve a place for themselves and their families out of the expanse of the American West.
Too little noted is the music referenced in the books, some 126 separate songs and tunes. By the Shores of Silver Lake contains mention of 37 songs; These Happy Golden Years is titled after a song; and six of the books close with music making. The music Wilder employed in the service of her narrative is some of the very finest in the history of American music.
Throughout, the guiding musical spirit is Laura's father, Charles "Pa" Ingalls, who sang and played fiddle. It's "Pa's fiddle" that accompanies the Ingalls family through its adventures and comes to symbolize the endurance of the family unit in a wild and threatening frontier world.
Happy Land is a selection of Laura's "old songs." The producers—Dale Cockrell, a professor of musicology and American music expert, and Butch Baldassari, master mandolinist and producer, were challenged to take the old songs of yesterday and make them new and engaging for audiences today.
An old song both starts and ends the recording. There are no recordings of Pa's playing (he died in 1902), but in his stead is the music of fiddler "Jep" Bisbee, who was born only eight years after Pa and, amazingly, just fifty miles from Ingalls' birthplace.
Other songs, hymns, and tunes on Happy Land are reinterpreted by some of the nation's finest and most respected musicians, cognizant of their debt to the past but keenly aware of their responsibilities to the present.
Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder,Various Artists,Soundart Recordings,Folk & Traditional,Folk Collections,Pop,V/a Compilations
Average customer rating:
- The best CD I've purchased in five years...
- The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls
- The Pioneers spirit revived!
- Happy Land in the Piano Studio
- "Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!
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Happy Land: Musical Tributes To Laura Ingalls Wilder
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Pa's Fiddle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 General
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
Traditional Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Compilations
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Folk Music
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Sing-A-Longs
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- The Happy Land Companion: Music from the World of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books
- The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories
- Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House)
- The World of Little House
ASIN: B000J3FHBK
Release Date: 2006-11-14 |
Tracks:
- The Girl I Left Behind Me - Jep Bisbee
- The Girl I Left Behind Me - Pat Enright
- Sweet By And By - Andrea Zonn
- The Blue Juniata - Riders In The Sky
- Oh! Susanna - Keith Little
- Roll The Old Chariot Along - The Princely Prince
- Highland Mary - Deborah Packard
- Arkansas Traveler/Devil's Dream - Pa's Fiddle Band
- Captain Jinks - Riders In The Sky
- Oft In The Still Night - John Mock
- The Big Sunflower - Douglas B. Green
- Happy Land - Peggy Duncan Singers & Pa's Fiddle Band
- Barbara Allen - Deborah Packard
- Nelly Was A Lady - Dave Olney
- Uncle Sam's Farm - Douglas B. Green
- Promised Land - Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp Singers
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks - Walnut Grove Church
- The Devil's Dream - Jep Bisbee
Album Description
The Little House® books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are famed for their compelling stories of life on the frontier of the 1860s-80s. By tracing her family's history Wilder expressed the trials and triumphs of those who attempted to carve a place for themselves and their families out of the expanse of the American West.
Too little noted is the music referenced in the books, some 126 separate songs and tunes. By the Shores of Silver Lake contains mention of 37 songs; These Happy Golden Years is titled after a song; and six of the books close with music making. The music Wilder employed in the service of her narrative is some of the very finest in the history of American music.
Throughout, the guiding musical spirit is Laura's father, Charles "Pa" Ingalls, who sang and played fiddle. It's "Pa's fiddle" that accompanies the Ingalls family through its adventures and comes to symbolize the endurance of the family unit in a wild and threatening frontier world.
Happy Land is a selection of Laura's "old songs." The producers—Dale Cockrell, a professor of musicology and American music expert, and Butch Baldassari, master mandolinist and producer, were challenged to take the old songs of yesterday and make them new and engaging for audiences today.
An old song both starts and ends the recording. There are no recordings of Pa's playing (he died in 1902), but in his stead is the music of fiddler "Jep" Bisbee, who was born only eight years after Pa and, amazingly, just fifty miles from Ingalls' birthplace.
Other songs, hymns, and tunes on Happy Land are reinterpreted by some of the nation's finest and most respected musicians, cognizant of their debt to the past but keenly aware of their responsibilities to the present.
Customer Reviews:
The best CD I've purchased in five years..........2006-08-09
I bought it shortly after it came out, and have subsequently purchased four additional copies to give to family members.
One went to my mother, who introduced me to Laura Ingalls Wilder's books over 40 years ago.
One went to my 13 year old granddaughter, who is an aspiring violinist, and who I introduced to Laura Ingalls Wilder several years ago.
My daughter, my sister, and my father-in-law were the other recipients.
I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy this CD...it has a permanent slot in my six disc changer, right next to "Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs Of Stephen Foster".
I'm sincerely hoping that Dale Cockrell can keep the great music coming, and am hoping for many subsequent volumes.
Music is an integral part of the Wilder books, as well as my personal life. This CD satisfies my soul both ways.
The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls.......2006-08-07
I've been reading the "Little House" series to my five-year-old daughter and was thrilled to find this cd. It really makes Laura's world come alive. In fact, my daughter was certain that she was hearing Pa play the fiddle and Ma sing along.
We have played "Happy Land" continuously at our house, morning and night, since we bought it. You can't help but sing along to the rollicking version of "Oh! Susanna" and Andrea Zonn's ethreal voice makes "Sweet By and By" even sweeter. However, it wasn't until I heard Riders in the Sky sing "The Blue Juniata" that I realized just how wonderful this cd is. The night before I bought "Happy Land," we read a chapter in "Little House on the Prairie" and it was in that chapter that Pa played "The Blue Juniata." Hearing the music helped me capture the mood, the happy contentment, that the Ingalls must have felt that particular evening.
"Happy Land" is a must for "Little House" fans, and folk and old-time music fans everywhere.
The Pioneers spirit revived! .......2006-07-31
This is the one needed addition for the Little House Books readers to sing along with Pa's Fiddle!
The songs are performed in the old way, with no electronic arrangements, and the fiddle's soul is in every note. If you close your eyes, you can just see a little house snowed in by a blizzard, with merry people incide, dancing and singing along with the fiddle. I am not an American, I have never been there, and I can still see it all just as if I were there a 150 years ago...
What adds to the songs is a booklet with the lyrics and the citations from Laura's books where the songs appear, including comments and stories about these songs.
I wish there were more of Pa's songs available!
Happy Land in the Piano Studio.......2006-02-04
My own children and I have read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books several times and now we are really enjoying the Happy Land CD. In my piano studio my students have individual lessons plus a music lab. This year all of my students (in grades 1-12) listened to the Happy Land CD while following the liner notes and they thoroughly enjoyed the quality music performances. Many students are passionate about the books and were delighted to hear the music. They all found the CD an enjoyable way to learn something about American music of the nineteenth century.
"Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!.......2006-01-30
I've been reading the Little House Series for almost 35 years now - first to my own children and now to the second graders at my local public school who adore it as expected. For years I have been frustrated when I came to the chorus and verses of the many songs in each of the books. All I could do was read the lyrics, which anyone knows is a pitiful substitution for a song. Finally, I told the children I would do some research and see if I could find the music and learn the tunes for them. What a thrill to find "Happy Land" offered on your website and what a fabulous CD! I just got back from the 2nd grade classroom in which I volunteer each week and they were as excited as I when we played "Arkansas Traveler" as we read the chapter, Dance at Grandpa's!!! How thrilled they were to be hearing the very song to which Grandma and Uncle George were dancing! They even got up and started "jigging", playing imaginary fiddles, tapping their toes, square dancing ----oh, it was great! This is education at its best - children reveling in a real life experience from a time long gone, but full of such value for us all today. Of the seventeen songs recorded on this CD, only three are from the first Little House Book, "Little House In the Big Woods"; but those three -Arkansas Traveler, Devil's Dream and Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines- are so well performed that the children are begging for more. One child asked if they could forget about recess and just stay in and dance to the fiddles! How wonderful to know that there will be more of these period pieces that Pa played as we progress through the series. I wish the publisher of the Little House books would invite these wonderful musicians to record ALL the songs and put the CDs inside each book's cover to make the reading experience as total as Laura would want it to be. If the technology had been available to her, I know that's what she would have done! Meanwhile, buy this CD for anyone who loves the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. It is the missing link that will make your Little House experience complete.
Average customer rating:
- The best CD I've purchased in five years...
- The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls
- The Pioneers spirit revived!
- Happy Land in the Piano Studio
- "Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!
|
Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Soundart Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
Traditional Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Compilations
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Folk Music
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Sing-A-Longs
| Children's Music
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- The Happy Land Companion: Music from the World of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books
- The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories
- Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House)
- The World of Little House
ASIN: B0009QTRUE
Release Date: 2005-06-14 |
Tracks:
- The Girl I Left Behind Me - Jep Bisbee
- The Girl I Left Behind Me - Pat Enright
- Sweet By and By - Andrea Zonn
- The Blue Juniata - Riders in the Sky
- Oh! Susanna - Keith Little
- Roll the Old Chariot Along - The Princely Players
- Highland Mary - Deborah Packard
- Arkansas Traveler/Devil's Dream - Pa's Fiddle Band
- Captain Jinks - Riders in the Sky
- Oft in the Stilly Night - Deborah Packard & John Mock
- The Big Sunflower - Douglas B. Green
- Happy Land - Peggy Duncan Singers & Pa's Fiddle Band
- Barbara Allen - Deborah Packard
- Nelly Was a Lady - Dave Olney
- Uncle Sam's Farm - Douglas B. Green
- Promised Land - Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp Singers
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks - Walnut Grove Church
- Bonus Track: The Devil's Dream - Jep Bisbee
Album Description
The Little House® books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are famed for their compelling stories of life on the frontier of the 1860s-80s. By tracing her family's history Wilder expressed the trials and triumphs of those who attempted to carve a place for themselves and their families out of the expanse of the American West.
Too little noted is the music referenced in the books, some 126 separate songs and tunes. By the Shores of Silver Lake contains mention of 37 songs; These Happy Golden Years is titled after a song; and six of the books close with music making. The music Wilder employed in the service of her narrative is some of the very finest in the history of American music.
Throughout, the guiding musical spirit is Laura's father, Charles "Pa" Ingalls, who sang and played fiddle. It's "Pa's fiddle" that accompanies the Ingalls family through its adventures and comes to symbolize the endurance of the family unit in a wild and threatening frontier world.
Happy Land is a selection of Laura's "old songs." The producers—Dale Cockrell, a professor of musicology and American music expert, and Butch Baldassari, master mandolinist and producer, were challenged to take the old songs of yesterday and make them new and engaging for audiences today.
An old song both starts and ends the recording. There are no recordings of Pa's playing (he died in 1902), but in his stead is the music of fiddler "Jep" Bisbee, who was born only eight years after Pa and, amazingly, just fifty miles from Ingalls' birthplace.
Other songs, hymns, and tunes on Happy Land are reinterpreted by some of the nation's finest and most respected musicians, cognizant of their debt to the past but keenly aware of their responsibilities to the present.
Customer Reviews:
The best CD I've purchased in five years..........2006-08-09
I bought it shortly after it came out, and have subsequently purchased four additional copies to give to family members.
One went to my mother, who introduced me to Laura Ingalls Wilder's books over 40 years ago.
One went to my 13 year old granddaughter, who is an aspiring violinist, and who I introduced to Laura Ingalls Wilder several years ago.
My daughter, my sister, and my father-in-law were the other recipients.
I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy this CD...it has a permanent slot in my six disc changer, right next to "Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs Of Stephen Foster".
I'm sincerely hoping that Dale Cockrell can keep the great music coming, and am hoping for many subsequent volumes.
Music is an integral part of the Wilder books, as well as my personal life. This CD satisfies my soul both ways.
The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls.......2006-08-07
I've been reading the "Little House" series to my five-year-old daughter and was thrilled to find this cd. It really makes Laura's world come alive. In fact, my daughter was certain that she was hearing Pa play the fiddle and Ma sing along.
We have played "Happy Land" continuously at our house, morning and night, since we bought it. You can't help but sing along to the rollicking version of "Oh! Susanna" and Andrea Zonn's ethreal voice makes "Sweet By and By" even sweeter. However, it wasn't until I heard Riders in the Sky sing "The Blue Juniata" that I realized just how wonderful this cd is. The night before I bought "Happy Land," we read a chapter in "Little House on the Prairie" and it was in that chapter that Pa played "The Blue Juniata." Hearing the music helped me capture the mood, the happy contentment, that the Ingalls must have felt that particular evening.
"Happy Land" is a must for "Little House" fans, and folk and old-time music fans everywhere.
The Pioneers spirit revived! .......2006-07-31
This is the one needed addition for the Little House Books readers to sing along with Pa's Fiddle!
The songs are performed in the old way, with no electronic arrangements, and the fiddle's soul is in every note. If you close your eyes, you can just see a little house snowed in by a blizzard, with merry people incide, dancing and singing along with the fiddle. I am not an American, I have never been there, and I can still see it all just as if I were there a 150 years ago...
What adds to the songs is a booklet with the lyrics and the citations from Laura's books where the songs appear, including comments and stories about these songs.
I wish there were more of Pa's songs available!
Happy Land in the Piano Studio.......2006-02-04
My own children and I have read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books several times and now we are really enjoying the Happy Land CD. In my piano studio my students have individual lessons plus a music lab. This year all of my students (in grades 1-12) listened to the Happy Land CD while following the liner notes and they thoroughly enjoyed the quality music performances. Many students are passionate about the books and were delighted to hear the music. They all found the CD an enjoyable way to learn something about American music of the nineteenth century.
"Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!.......2006-01-30
I've been reading the Little House Series for almost 35 years now - first to my own children and now to the second graders at my local public school who adore it as expected. For years I have been frustrated when I came to the chorus and verses of the many songs in each of the books. All I could do was read the lyrics, which anyone knows is a pitiful substitution for a song. Finally, I told the children I would do some research and see if I could find the music and learn the tunes for them. What a thrill to find "Happy Land" offered on your website and what a fabulous CD! I just got back from the 2nd grade classroom in which I volunteer each week and they were as excited as I when we played "Arkansas Traveler" as we read the chapter, Dance at Grandpa's!!! How thrilled they were to be hearing the very song to which Grandma and Uncle George were dancing! They even got up and started "jigging", playing imaginary fiddles, tapping their toes, square dancing ----oh, it was great! This is education at its best - children reveling in a real life experience from a time long gone, but full of such value for us all today. Of the seventeen songs recorded on this CD, only three are from the first Little House Book, "Little House In the Big Woods"; but those three -Arkansas Traveler, Devil's Dream and Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines- are so well performed that the children are begging for more. One child asked if they could forget about recess and just stay in and dance to the fiddles! How wonderful to know that there will be more of these period pieces that Pa played as we progress through the series. I wish the publisher of the Little House books would invite these wonderful musicians to record ALL the songs and put the CDs inside each book's cover to make the reading experience as total as Laura would want it to be. If the technology had been available to her, I know that's what she would have done! Meanwhile, buy this CD for anyone who loves the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. It is the missing link that will make your Little House experience complete.
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