BY LAMPLIGHT AND CAMPFIRE:
Music of the Civil War
L to R: Valerie Konur, Don Frye, Millie
Juraschek,
Dan Cummings, Molly Pinson, and Stephen
Beggs
"By Lamplight and Campfire" explores the
forms of music played and sung by both sides during the
Civil War:
from soldiers' aires and spirituals to
parlor music and aboltionist songs. Presented by vocalists in period
costume
within a narrated overview of Civil War Music History.
Past Productions: Hillsboro Community Assn. Annual Meeting,
April 2000; Oatlands Winter Lecture Series,
February 2001;
Hill Playhouse, Middleburg, VA, May 2001. Solo Version produced at Ford's Theatre
Lincoln's
Birthday Celebration, 1981.
One-hour presentation. For further information and availability, contact Meredith
Bean McMath.
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