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"Ashokan Farewell" / ə ˈ ʃ oʊ ˌ k æ n / is a musical piece composed by the American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982. For many years, it served as a goodnight or farewell waltz at the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps, run by Ungar and his wife Molly Mason, who named the tune after the Ashokan Field Campus (now the Ashokan Center) of SUNY New Paltz in Upstate New York.
Jay's composition, Ashokan Farewell, became the title theme of Ken Burns' The Civil War [1] on PBS. The soundtrack won a Grammy and Ashokan Farewell was nominated for an Emmy. [2] Mason grew up in Washington state. She plays traditional American fiddle and acoustic bass guitar. She is married to Jay Ungar, whom she had first met during the 1970s.
Although he performs with David Bromberg, he is probably best known for "Ashokan Farewell" (1982), composed as a lament, [3] and used as the theme tune to the Ken Burns documentary The Civil War (1990). Many of his other compositions are familiar as contradance tunes, notably "The Wizard's Walk."
Transatlantic Sessions musical co-directors Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas. Transatlantic Sessions is the collective title for a series of musical productions by Glasgow-based Pelicula Films Ltd, funded by- and produced for BBC Scotland, BBC Four [1] and RTÉ of Ireland. [2]
Bill Keith (banjo) and Kenny Kosek (fiddle) were among the first to participate. [4] Homespun's first instructional lessons were recorded in Traum's home and sold on five-inch reel-to-reel tapes, as cassettes were not yet generally available. [5] The tapes were manually reproduced one by one at home: thus the name "Homespun." [3]
Ashokan Edicts in Delhi, edicts of the Indian emperor; Ashoka Chakra or Ashokan Chakra, a symbol on the Indian flag; Ashokan Prakrit, Indic language of the Prakrit class during the period of emperor Ashoka; Pillars of Ashoka or Ashokan Pillars, series of monolithic columns erected by the Indian emperor "Ashokan Farewell", a song
Kenny Kosek (born 1949 in The Bronx, New York), is an American fiddler who plays bluegrass, country, klezmer, folk music and roots music.In addition to his solo career, he has performed with many other well-known performers and contributed to film and television soundtrack music.
The letter was featured prominently in Ken Burns' 1990 award-winning documentary The Civil War, where an abridged version was read by Paul Roebling in a pairing with Jay Ungar's musical piece "Ashokan Farewell". [10] The letter is also the inspiration for the song "Dearest Sarah" by the band Goodnight, Texas.