Classical Music for Aficionados

This piece is  beautiful in any interpretation...

Amazing! Thanks it is a discovery for me....

I knew all that and was out to do nothing but the music.

The music is what I said it was, you or Ungar or not.

New York sent 450, 000 to the war 60,000 died and about

150.000 were VERY badly wounded .

All else is irrelevant .

melm, thanks for the background on "Ashoken Farewell".

When Burns' film "The Civil War" was released I was fascinated by much of the music, so bought the CD soundtrack.  But I was particularly taken by "Ashoken Farewell" so also picked up Ungar's Fiddle Fever album which introduced that song.  I still find it beautiful and haunting.  No matter if it was not written as a tribute to the Civil War and those wounded or killed then, I felt it was a perfect choice by Burns.

Beautiful tune and beautifully played by Ungar. As to whether it is “Classical” or not, while I’m not sure where exactly the genre dividing line can be drawn, it should be remembered that quite a few Classical composers have incorporated the folk music of their native lands in their works. Antonio Dvorak, Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, Manuel DeFalla, Ralph Vaughn Williams and in the USA, Aaron Copland of course, to name a few.

As to Ashokan, I know the area well. Beautiful area in upstate NY. Every time I drive by I marvel at how the water that comes out of my tap in NYC comes from a reservoir 130 miles away.

Hey frog, if that marvels you just imagine living in San Diego. Much of the water there is piped from the Colorado River but some comes from northern CA by way of LA, so that is several hundred miles. Of course everyone adds their upcharge along the way so it becomes very expensive by the time it reaches the consumer.

Sorry from the interlude from music.