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Richard Elliott
This iconic song of the American Civil War was at one time so popular that the publisher's 14 printing presses ran around the clock and could not keep up with the demand from the public for copies of the sheet music. Written by George Frederic Root in 1862, it was to become one of the most popular songs of the period. It is estimated that over 700,000 copies were produced.
As I've watched my wife teach our daughter little songs, it has made me remember back to my own mother and grandmother teaching me songs of all sorts. I still have some of those music books and we use them now with our daughter. Watching her sing these little melodies is amazing. We are overwhelmed thinking about her eventually passing them on to her family in the futur,e as we did to her and as was done for us. Music truly passes through time, generations, boundaries, cultures, and hearts.
In this video Mormon Tabernacle Organist Richard Elliott performs his own setting of Antonin Dvorak's lovely "Songs My Mother Taught Me." It is the fourth of seven songs in the Gypsy Songs cycle B. 104, Opus 55.
