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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.
The Ashokan Center (formerly the Ashokan Field Campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Ashokan Field Campus Historic District, [1] is a 385-acre (156-hectare) outdoor education, conference, and retreat center located in the Catskill Mountains of New York.Schools have explored and been inspired by Ashokan's forests, waterfalls, stream-fed ponds, and open meadows ...
18 gru 2021 · “Ashokan” refers to the Ashokan Reservoir, which is located a short distance from the site of the camp and supplies 40% of New York City’s Water. It was created by damming part of the Esopus Valley in 1915, and it currently covers 10,000 acres.
4 lip 2024 · The song’s title, Ashokan Farewell, holds symbolic significance. Ashokan refers to Ashokan Center, located in upstate New York, where the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp is held. The camp brings together musicians, dancers, and enthusiasts of traditional folk music.
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who reigned from c. 268 to 232 BC. [2] Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma thaṃbhā (Dharma stambha), i.e. "pillars of the Dharma" to describe his own ...
1 cze 2024 · Ashokan Farewell is a timeless piece of music that captivates listeners with its haunting melody and emotional depth. Written by Jay Ungar, a renowned American folk musician, the song became widely recognized as the signature tune of the PBS documentary series, “The Civil War.”
