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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 named the tune after the Ashokan Field Campus (now the Ashokan Center ) of ...
25 wrz 2015 · It’s called “Ashokan Farewell,” and it’s the de facto theme song for the Ken Burns miniseries The Civil War, which premiered 25 years ago this week.
21 sie 2016 · The work is most-famously known as an instrumental (which is what this blog will be discussing), however there is a version with lyrics and below are the words which give a sense of what this music is all about: The sun is sinking low in the sky above Ashokan. The pines and the willows know soon we will part.
24 sty 2024 · The Beatles took to the stage at 9.27pm, and performed 11 songs: ‘Rock And Roll Music’, ‘She’s A Woman’, ‘If I Needed Someone’, ‘Day Tripper’, ‘Baby’s In Black’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘Paperback Writer’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’. The group knew it was to be their final concert.
1 cze 2024 · The lyrics to Ashokan Farewell are sung by Molly Mason, Jay Ungar’s wife and a talented musician in her own right. Her ethereal and heartfelt vocals bring a profound emotional depth to the song. Already know this song's meaning?
15 maj 2023 · Record label/Catalogue nr. Year recorded. Media. Score (1) Ashokan Farewell. X: 1 T:Ashokan Farewell C:Jay Unger, 1982 N:Ashokan was the name of a town now under the Ashokan Resevoir, but it N:also refers to the Fiddle and Dance camps run by Jay Unger and Molly Mason. N:Written at the conclusion of the 1982 Ashokan Weekend L:1/8 M:3/4 K:D V:1 ...
28 wrz 2015 · It took Catskills fiddler Jay Ungar less than an hour to write "Ashokan Farewell," a haunting fiddle tune that has become an iconic folk song covered by legions of fans and memorably used by Ken Burns on the soundtrack of his documentary "The Civil War."
