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A Stephen Foster song played on an original late 19th-century 'square' piano.
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Musicians performing the 19th century folk music of Canada, the United States, Ireland and the U.K. on period instruments.
The artists that participated to produce these recordings of 19th century period folk music have all been costumed staff, guides, and tradespeople at historic sites across Canada (Upper Canada Village, Black Creek Pioneer Village, etc.). The music presented is performed on historically accurate instruments such as mandolin, fiddle, tin-whistle, wooden flute, bones, banjo, melodeon, button accordion, guitar, jaw harp and zither.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #463
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Stephen C. Foster
Rights
2002 Brent Santin
Uploaded
May 22, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.9 MB • 128 kbps • 2:02
Story behind the song
Gentle Annie was written in 1856 by the famous American songwriter Stephen C. Foster. With typical mid-nineteenth century sentiment, the lyric relates a lover's grief at the death of his 'Gentle Annie' with the notable line 'Now I stand along amid the flowers / while they mingle their perfume o'er thy tomb'. The accompanyment to this song is performed on a 'square' piano manufactured in the 1860s. (Piano - P. Cazaly)
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