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All arrangements are in the Easy to Easy/Intermediate grades. Click on a title to hear the music. All titles are available on CD complete with scores and accompaniments.

Heart of America
Title
Composer
Accompaniment
CD Number
Notes
 America (My country tis of thee)  (Traditional)  Strings, Piano  200  
 America the Beautiful  Katharine Lee Bates  Strings, Brass  200  A beautiful and stirring arrangement. Everytime I am on top of Pike's Peak, I hear it in my mind.
 Aura Lea  (Traditional)  Strings, Piano  200  Written way before Elvis did it.
 Battle Hymn of the Republic (The)  Julia Ward Howe  Brass, Percussion  200  
 Buffalo Gals  (Traditional)  Banjo, Bass, Piano  200  Swing your partner!
 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny  James A. Bland  Strings, Piano  200  
 Casey Jones  Eddie Newton  Piano  200  
 Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (Hail)  David Shaw  Strings, Piano  200  
 Dixie  Daniel Decatur Emmett  Strings, Banjo, Piano  200  Magnolia, honey, y'all bring me a Mint Julip.
 Grandfather's Clock  Henry Clay Work  Strings, Piano  200  
 Home on the Range  (Traditional)  Strings, Guitar, Bass, Piano  200  Mosey on over and set a spell..
 I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen  Thomas P. Westendorf  Piano  200  America swiped this one from the Irish but it turned out OK.
 Just Before the Battle, Mother  George F. Root  Strings, Piano  200  
 Lakes of Pontchartrain  (Traditional)  Banjo, Guitar, Strings  200  Charming tune.
 Listen to the Mocking Bird  Richard Milburn  Piano  200  The most difficult piece to play. See if you can do the bird-like trills. Lots of fun.
 Little Brown Jug  Joseph E. Winner  Strings, Banjo, Piano  200  A concert arrangement of an easy and familiar tune.
 Long, Long Ago  Thomas H. Bayly  Strings, Piano  200  
 Man on the Flying Trapeze (The)  George Leybourne  Piano  200  I like Spike Jones' arrangement better than mine.
 My Bonnie (lies over the ocean)  H. J. Fuller  Strings, Bass, Piano  200  America swiped this one from the Scottish but it turned out OK.
 On the Banks of the Wabash  Paul Dresser  Piano  200  The Indiana State Song, one of the most beautiful.
 Polly Wolly Doodle  (Traditional)  Strings, Piano  200  What is a Polly Wolly?
 Red River Valley (The)  (Traditional)  Fiddle, Guitar, Bass, Percussion  200  Complete with Horse Clops.
 She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain  (Traditional)  Strings. Guitar, Banjo, Bass  200  YEE-HAAAA!
 Shenandoah  (Traditional)  Vocal effects, French Horn, Piano  200  Great melody.
 Silver Threads Among the Gold  Hart P. Danks  Strings, French Horn, Piano  200  
 Star Spangled Banner (The)  Francis Scott Key  Orchestra  200  Contrary to the belief of some of my students, the last two words of this tune are not, "PLAY BALL."
 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (the boys are marching)  George F. Root  Brass, Percussion, Piano  200  
 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again  Louis Lambert  Strings, Guitar, Percussion, Piano  200  
 Whispering Hope  Septimus Winner  Strings, Piano  200  A sentimental favorite.
 Yellow Rose of Texas (The)  (Traditional)  Strings, Bass, Percussion  200  No, Julius, this is neither the official state song of Texas or Vermont.

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