http://blog.musicnotes.com/2009/01/20/americas-song-sheet-music-inauguration/ Musicnotes.com's Official Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:10:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.musicnotes.com/2009/01/20/americas-song-sheet-music-inauguration/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Monica Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:38:50 +0000 http://blog.musicnotes.com/?p=1449#comment-1138 The song they played was a John Williams arrangement of “Air and Simple Gifts”. The ‘old mountain’ tune was the old Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. It’s a very popular folk melody. (Credit goes to our Production team for the answer.) The song they played was a John Williams arrangement of “Air and Simple Gifts”. The ‘old mountain’ tune was the old Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. It’s a very popular folk melody. (Credit goes to our Production team for the answer.)

]]> http://blog.musicnotes.com/2009/01/20/americas-song-sheet-music-inauguration/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 james rex Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:49:56 +0000 http://blog.musicnotes.com/?p=1449#comment-1131 Williams wrote a song for the noted cellist, violinist and piano clarinetest before the swearing in of Obsma. What was the middle them taken from - it sounds like an old time mountain song. Name?Thanx Williams wrote a song for the noted cellist, violinist and piano clarinetest before the swearing in of Obsma. What was the middle them taken from – it sounds like an old time mountain song. Name?Thanx

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