Reagan's Funeral Music

Fox News | 6/10/04 | conservativeinferno

[conservativeinferno]

Does anyone know the two beautiful songs played while Reagan's casket was being removed from the Washington Cathedral?

[Adam36]

If anyone watching Cpan now. This is the music I liked.

[nutmeg]

The music played as Andrews AFB was the largo from Dvorak's eighth ("From the New World" symphony.

It subsequently has been incorporated into the hymn "Going Home" in the style of a Negro spiritual.

Thank you for that information. That was another beautiful piece of music that caught my ear today.

[lainde]

Everyone should take note there are two albums that call themselves the "soundtrack" from We Were Soldiers. The music from the funeral is "End Credits" track #17. The other CD is a compilation of various artists like Johnny Cash. If you go to Barnes and Noble, you can hear all the tracks and get the correct CD.

[Mad-Margaret]

It's Dvorak's Ninth Symphony. The spiritual came first. Dvorak came to America and was inspired to write this masterpiece by the folk songs of the New World.

[the bottle let me down]

Yes and no--the music is an arrangement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which has been adapted for a number of hymns. The lyrics were not, however Schiller's "Ode to Joy."

In this case the hymn is "Sing with all the saints in glory." The music is also used in the hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee."

[TET1968]

As the funeral procession moved toward the Capitol, The marching band was playing portions of a military score that seemed to match the cadence. As I listened to it, tips of shining bayonets passed across my screen. Does anyone know
the name of arrangement?

[Zechariah11]

Many Godly humns (eg> "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," "Immortal, Invisible") are very well done by the London Philharmonic on the "Hymns Triumphant" album. I only mention it because such albums are rather rare today.

A broader question to raise is why these reverential hymns have been replaced by the very "un-edifying" pop/contemporary "Jesus music" in the fundamentalist churches.

[Zechariah11]

The Army Band/Chorus at the Reagan Library on Friday was very good. There was a black soldier there who sang one of the most beautiful solos I've ever heard.

[BunnySlippers]

Ronan Tynan did sing Ave Maria at the very beginning. The best I have heard. Later he sang Amazing Grace. Good, although Amazing grace is overused.

[Publius6961]

This would be a great thread to ask a few questions that kept nagging me during the last few days of non-stop TV viewing. Unfortunately, I viewed CSPAN most of the time because I hate the incessant jabbering on the regular channels, including FOX.

Who was the two-star general who escorted Mrs. Reagan? What is his normal role in the Navy?
I know the officer who presented the flag from the coffin to Mrs. Reagan is the Captain of the USS Ronald Reagan, but I missed his name.

Finally, where will the President be "buried"? Where exactly is the crypt? Somewhere near (or under) the pedestal where the coffin rested at the presidential library at the end of the ceremonies? Anyone know?

[VOA]

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[Publius6961]

Thank you. That was great.
It has always brought tears to my eyes, since I was a child, and watching Victory at Sea.

[Kewz1]

Hey! We sung that song at our I Love America presentation last year. Beautiful song! Really brings tears to your eyes.

You don't happen to live in Huntsville do you??

[Publius6961]

Ronan did do Ave Maria, and a sterling job, too. He actually did both. I felt fortunate to hear his rendition of Amazing Grace (and have it on hi-fi tape).

[TET1968]

"Who was the two-star general who escorted Mrs. Reagan? What is his normal role in the Navy?"

US Army Major General Galen Jackman.

[Publius6961]

Thank you.
I should be able to Google that...

[T-Bird45]

Thanks...duly noted @ post #32, I was late because I was not aware there would be music before the service.

[MamaB]

We have lived in this part of town since 1977. We started going to WBC in 1983 when they had the first Living Flag. I was on it the next year and have been part of it every year since. Jan had been a part of it nearly that long. That is why it is going to be so difficult this year. We have a new lighted flag which can get really hot when we stand on it for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. I love doing it. Most of us carry cold bottled water on it. We can sneak a drink when we are on. Some have very long straws so they do not have to bend over. Lots of fun but a lot of work too.

[BlessedBeGod]

The Army Band/Chorus at the Reagan Library on Friday was very good. There was a black soldier there who sang one of the most beautiful solos I've ever heard.

Wasn't his voice beautiful? And he sang so effortlessly.

[Not A Snowbird]

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