The melody was apparently well known, as Gringer had collected ten different versions of this particular folk song. One of the other eight versions was used by Grainger for the final movement of the Lincolnshire Posey . Grainger rescored the piece in 1921 while traveling between Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. The piece was rescored for anywhere from 20 instruments to a full orchestra. This type of flexible instrumentation, or elastic scoring, was often used by Grainger.
Salvation is Created . . .
Tschesnokoff was a well known conductor, composer, and teacher in Moscow. He wrote over 400 choral works, mainly for church performance. Salvation is Created is a prime example of Tschesnokoff's choral works for the Russian Orthodox Church. March Intercollegiate . . . March Intercollegiate was written before Ives' 18th birthday and is in the form of a two-step march.