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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."
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.
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]
How can it be coming out of "a sense of loss and longing" after the annual Ashokan Music & Dance Camps ended, when it was played regularly AT the Ashokan Music & Dance Camps? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.247.115 15:12, 13 October 2022 (UTC) If you have concrete suggestion for improving the article, please make it here.
Athabaskan fiddle (or fiddle music, fiddling) is the old-time fiddle style that the Alaskan Athabaskans of the Interior Alaska have developed to play the fiddle , solo and in folk ensembles. Fiddles were introduced in this area by Scottish , Irish , French Canadian , and Métis fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company in the mid-19th century.
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, pianist, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island.He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997.