A traditional Scottish folksong performed upon my Hohner Musette accordion. The sheet music is from "The Folksong Fake Book" published by Hal Leonard. This song is featured on the soundtrack of the classic 1951 film "A Christmas Carol" starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge, produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and including a marvelous British cast. The screenplay was written by Noel Langley based upon the original novel by Charles Dickens. The film included music composed by Richard Addinsell with musical direction by Muir Mathieson. You can hear the theme of "Barbara Allen" throughout the full length of the film, presented in orchestral variations.
Folksinger Pete Seeger has recorded this tune and performed it live in many of his popular folk music concerts. Pete had a memorable inscription written upon his beautiful banjo which read, "This instrument surrounds hate and forces it to surrender."
This is one of my favorite folksongs, a tune which I remember from the Folk Revival period in the late 1950's and early 1960's, before the British Invasion of Rock 'n Roll groups such as the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five and the Rolling Stones. This tune is readily recognizable in the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol," presented as a unifying theme in several scenes as well as the opening and closing sequences. Here I am playing my Hohner musette accordion, demonstrating both the dry and wet sounds available on this LMMM instrument. The bassoon reeds are especially rich-sounding on this accordion, featuring a resonant low end which adds special character to the melodic line.
Folksinger Pete Seeger has recorded this tune and performed it live in many of his popular folk music concerts. Pete had a memorable inscription written upon his beautiful banjo which read, "This instrument surrounds hate and forces it to surrender."
This is one of my favorite folksongs, a tune which I remember from the Folk Revival period in the late 1950's and early 1960's, before the British Invasion of Rock 'n Roll groups such as the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five and the Rolling Stones. This tune is readily recognizable in the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol," presented as a unifying theme in several scenes as well as the opening and closing sequences. Here I am playing my Hohner musette accordion, demonstrating both the dry and wet sounds available on this LMMM instrument. The bassoon reeds are especially rich-sounding on this accordion, featuring a resonant low end which adds special character to the melodic line.
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