Angels' visits
Subtitle: and other vocal gems of Victorian America
Contributors: Taylor, Rose; Murcell, Raymond; Skrobacs, Lawrence; Bruce, Neely; Harmoneion Singers; Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc
Series: Recorded anthology of American music; Recorded anthology of American music
Publisher: New World Records
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Sacred vocal music; Popular music; Death; Songs and music; Angels; Heaven; Songs
Other titles: Sweet by and by.; Willie's grave.; We are happy now, dear mother.; Flee as a bird.; Shall we know each other there?; Trusting.; Rock of ages.; Oh, you must be a lover of the Lord.; Put my little shoes away.; I love to tell the story.; Last hymn.; Babe of Bethlehem.
Notes: "American songs and hymns published mostly during the 1860s and 70s that deal generally with death, heaven, and angels"--Notes.

At head of title: Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.

Historical and descriptive notes by Richard Jackson, with discography, bibliography, and lyric texts (6 p.) on container and bound in.

Includes bibliography and discography.

Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano ; Raymond Murcell, baritone ; The Harmoneion Singers ; Lawrence Skrobacs, piano or reed organ ; Neely Bruce, conductor.

Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York City.
Table of contents: title: Sweet by and by -- (3:37) ;; title: Willie's grave -- (4:39) / -- J.P. Webster; title: We are happy now, dear Mother  -- I.B. Woodbury -- (2:27); title: Flee as a bird  -- Unknown -- (3:11); title: Shall we know each other there?  -- R. Lowry -- (4:13); title: Trusting  -- C.A. White -- (4:08); title: Rock of ages  -- Dudley Buck -- (3:54) -- s. 2.; title: Angels' visits  -- Claude Melnotte -- (4:19); title: Oh, you must be a lover of the Lord  -- J.N.S. -- (3:10); title: Put my little shoes away  -- Charles E. Pratt -- (5:18); title: I love to tell the story  -- William G. Fischer -- (3:22); title: The last hymn  -- J.W. Hicks -- (7:58); title: The Babe of Bethlehem -- J.W. Dadmun-- (3:08).