Dear colmanm-ga,
You almost had it right. The music you are seeking is "Ashokan
Farewell", written by Jay Ungar in 1982 in the style of a Scottish
lament or Irish air; on the below disc is performed by Fiddle Fever.
You can hear an extract of it on Amazon.com in the ?Listen to Samples?
section on this page.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J0O/qid=1123078676/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-4271753-0135927?v=glance&s=music
There?s additional information on the piece on the web site of Jay
Ungar including sheet music and other recordings.
http://www.jayandmolly.com/ashokanfarewell.shtml
His FAQs page tells more of its history (more on the site).
?The piece used as the theme music for The Civil War is called Ashokan
Farewell. (Pronounced a-shó-kun or a-shó-kan). Ashokan Farewell was
named for the Ashokan Field Campus of the State University of New York
(in the Catskill Mountains). This camp, generally just called
"Ashokan", is where Molly Mason and I run a series of week-long music
and dance camps for adults known as Fiddle & Dance Workshop.
Ashokan is the name of a town, most of which is now under the Ashokan
Reservoir, a very beautiful and magical body of water that is across
the road from our home. According to our local historian, Alf Evers,
Ashokan first appears in print as a place name in 17th century Dutch
records. He thinks that it may be a corruption of a local Indian
word.?
http://www.jayandmolly.com/ashokanfaq.shtml
I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder
Search strategy
?Ken Burns? ?civil war? film led me to the imdb web site and
information on the music of the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098769/
Other information can be found using this search term: "Ashokan Farewell"
://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22Ashokan+Farewell%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta= |
