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"De Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" (nowadays popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a folk song by American Romantic composer Stephen Foster. It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen and was introduced to the American mainstream by Christy's Minstrels , eventually becoming one of the most popular folk/ Americana tunes of ...
Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. Cockrell, Dale (1997). Demons of Disorder: Early Blackface Minstrels and Their World. Cambridge University Press. Lott, Eric (1993). Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. Oxford University Press.
Conductor Andre Kostelanetz commissioned Copland to write a musical portrait of an "eminent American" for the New York Philharmonic.Copland chose President Abraham Lincoln, and used material from speeches and letters of Lincoln, as well as original folk songs of the period, including "Camptown Races" and "On Springfield Mountain". [1]
"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the ...
Camptown Races: Blackface Acts "Camptown Races" Bill Turner Larry Riley Tom Ford July 30, 1948 The Lone Star State: Texas "Deep in the Heart of Texas" I. Sparber Larz Bourne Dave Tendlar Morey Reden Robert Connavale August 20, 1948 Readin', Ritin' and Rhythmetic: School "School Daze" Seymour Kneitel I. Klein Al Eugster Bill Hudson October 22, 1948
Racing is part of regular music as well. "Accelerando” and “stringendo” are terms used to indicate to the player that the piece is to pick up steam. Music that races can also quicken the pulse.
Aside from the songs Amanda makes up, she explains them a lot. Take Camptown Ladies which goes, "Camptown ladies sing this song, doo dah, doo dah, Camptown races five miles long, o doo dah day. Gwana run all night, gwana run all day, bet my money on a bob tail nag, somebody bet on the bay."
"Two World Wars and One World Cup" is a football song sung by supporters of the England national football team to the tune of "Camptown Races" as part of the England–Germany football rivalry. [1] The chant refers to the United Kingdom 's victories in the First and Second World Wars, and England's 4–2 victory against West Germany after extra ...