Jay Ungar runs summer  "Fiddle and Dance Week" (actually several of
them) at the Ashokan Field Station (of SUNY New Paltz?)  I was there
1982,1983 and 1985; during that period he wrote the tune as a farewell
tune.

Field Horne

"Regina W. Daly" wrote:

> Speaking of the Ashokan Reservoir, does anyone know
> whether the Civil War song entitled "Ashokan Farewell"
> has anything to do with the Ashokan region?  This song
> is the one that threads its way through each of the
> episodes of Ken Burn's Civil War series.
> Regina Daly
> --- Melinda Yates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I also found the recent article in the New York
> > Times on the Ashokan Reservoir
> > interesting.
> >
> > Members of the list who might want to explore this
> > topic should know that the Ashokan Reservoir Land
> > Appropriation Records, 1907-1958 are available on
> > 209 reels of microfilm in the New York State
> > Archives. (A3369).
>
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