Niles: Black is the color of my true love's hair

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John Jacob Niles: The Lass from the Low Countree

Label:

Albany

Catalogue No:

TROY1015

Release date:

2008

Barcode:

0034061101529

Length:

51 minutes

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John Jacob Niles: The Lass from the Low Countree

Niles:

The Lass from the Low Countree

Go 'way from My Window

Black is the color of my true love's hair

The Wild Rider

The Black Dress

Ribbon Bow

Unused I Am to Lovers

My Lover is a Farmer Lad

Little Black Star

The Gambler's Wife

Carol of the Birds

Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head

I wonder as I wander

What Songs Were Sung

Sweet Little Jesus Boy

Gambler, Don't You Lose Your Place

The Robin and the Thorn

When I Get Up Into Heaven

Hope Koehler (soprano), James Douglass (piano)

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An American original, John Jacob Niles was a composer, performer, and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1892, he came from a musical family. While working with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky as a teenager, he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. After the war he studied music at the University of Lyon, the Schola Cantorium in Paris and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He renewed his search for folk songs in Appalachia as he accompanied noted photographer Doris Ulmann on her travels. He composed and arranged more than 1,000 songs, many of them made famous by Jo Stafford. These songs of our American heritage are beautifully sung by Hope Koehler.

John Jacob Niles: The Lass from the Low Countree

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John Jacob Niles: Go 'Way from My Window

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John Jacob Niles: Black is the Color

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John Jacob Niles: The Wild Rider

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John Jacob Niles: The Black Dress

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John Jacob Niles: Ribbon Bow

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John Jacob Niles: Unused I Am to Lovers

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John Jacob Niles: My Lover is a Farmer Lad

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John Jacob Niles: Little Black Star

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John Jacob Niles: The Gambler's Wife

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John Jacob Niles: Carol of the Birds

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John Jacob Niles: Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head

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John Jacob Niles: I Wander As I Wander

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John Jacob Niles: What songs were sung

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John Jacob Niles: Sweet Little Jesus Boy

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John Jacob Niles: Gambler, Don't You Lose Your Place

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John Jacob Niles: The Robin and The Thorn

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John Jacob Niles: When I Get Up Into Heaven

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“Koehler has an attractive voice whose purity seems perfect for this repertoire”

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