Rose of Sharon: 100 Years of American Music (1770-1870) October 20, 2012

Echoing some of the earliest voices in American music, Joel Frederiksen and his colleagues weave a beautiful tapestry tracing the nation's history and heritage in ballads, folksongs, Shaker hymns and spirituals, music from revival meetings and battlefields - and the new products of America's first composers, Francis Hopkinson and William Billings.