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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 gave the tune its name, at the Ashokan Field Campus of SUNY New Paltz (now the Ashokan Center) in Upstate New York.
Ungar was born in the Bronx, New York City. [2] He frequented Greenwich Village music venues during his formative period in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, he became a member of Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys and later, the Putnam String County Band.
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.
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.
Her recording of the four sonatas for violin and piano by composer Charles Ives, made with Hilary Hahn, was released in October 2011 on Deutsche Grammophon label. Her album Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall (based on her debut performance at that venue 19 June 2012) was released 2 July 2012.
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.
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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