Echoes from the past, music from the American Civil War.
About a year ago (I can't remember exactly) I made a video of music from the Civil War that I had arranged for piano. I didn't particularly like the video because it was way too long and haphazardly done.
So yesterday I made another video with some new recordings of my Civil War music arrangements.
Unfortunately this new video is way too long and haphazardly done (*smile*). If nothing else, my attempts at creativity are consistent.
I originally (long ago) recorded twelve songs from the Civil War, which I arranged for solo piano. In this new video, I've used four of them:
1. Battle Cry of Freedom
2. Lorena
3. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
4. Variations on When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
I haphazardly threw a bunch of Civil War photos together with the music and called it a "video".
BUT there's a method to my madness, sort of.
For the first song I used all photos of soldiers on the "front".
The second song Lorena is rather saccharine and sentimental, so I used photos of soldiers with their wives/sweethearts.
The third song Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier is a sad lament, which reminds me of death on the battlefield.
The fourth piece is (are) my own variations on When Johnny Comes Marching Home. It's one of my personal favorite arrangements.
I had to transfer all my Civil War piano recordings from mp3 to WAV and then splice them together for the video. The result is far from perfect - but what the heck... I'm being annoyingly modest and unduly self-critical.
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