Death of the Dream

Death of the Dream

Description: 
Farmhouses in the heartland
Composers: 
Steve Heitzeg
Performers: 
Laura Sewell
Peter Ostroushko
Steve Heitzeg
Tom Linker
Zeitgeist
Catalog Number: 
#533
Genre: 
new classical
Collection: 
Americana
soundtrack
Location: 

Afton, MN

Price: 
$15.00
Release Date: 
Jan 1, 2000
Liner Notes: 
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1 CD
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Song TitleTimePrice
1.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Farmhouse Memories02:40$0.99
2.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Opening Title01:01$0.99
3.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Fiddle Improvisation (arr. P. Ostroushko and L. Sewell)03:10$0.99
4.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Tallgrass Prairie Waltz (mandolin Version)01:46$0.99
5.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Sawmills and Trains00:33$0.99
6.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Bluestem Dance02:11$0.99
7.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Tallgrass Prairie Waltz (fiddle Version)01:37$0.99
8.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Peter's Polka Improvisation (arr. P. Ostroushko and L. Sewell)00:53$0.99
9.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Waltz for a Lonely Farmhouse (arr. T. Linker)02:58$0.99
10.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Ruins01:04$0.99
11.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Sawmills and Trains (arr. T. Linker)03:03$0.99
12.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Waltz for a Lonely Farmhouse01:43$0.99
13.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Farmhouse Elegy (fiddle Version)01:50$0.99
14.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Parlor Piano00:40$0.99
15.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Old Piano Photos01:03$0.99
16.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Parlor Piano Revisited00:54$0.99
17.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Farmhouse Elegy (mandolin Version)02:01$0.99
18.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Threshing Time Memories04:32$0.99
19.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Abandoned Farmhouse Drone (arr. P. Ostroushko and L. Sewell)02:06$0.99
20.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Tallgrass Prairie Waltz (cello and Piano Version)01:50$0.99
21.Death of the Dream (Farmhouses In the Heartland): Ending Title01:39$0.99
One Sheet: 

Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland is a story of America's rural past and a forgotten lifestyle. The vanishing farmhouses of the Midwest and the rich lives that lived in them are the subject of a lyrical EMMY-award winning PBS documentary. Based on the book by St. Paul photographer and essayist William Gabler, Death of the Dream is told by historians, farm experts, and (most importantly) the people who lived "The Dream" of life on the farm. 

Death of the Dream traces the evolution of the classic farmhouse from its humble origins, through the high-tech present, and charts the impact that changing economics have had on the lives of Midwestern farm families. Sketched with humor, sympathy, and a good dose of frankness, these stories capture the dignity of a vanishing lifestyle. The film is narrated by Linda Kelsey; featuring poets Robert Bly, Leo Dangel; writers Bill Holm, Paul Gruchow. This CD features the original music commissioned for the film. 

Reviews: 

"Steve Heitzeg's music has all of the attributes of a venerable farmhouse: elegance, simplicity, and unpretentiousness. Rooted in the soil of the Midwest, these hand-crafted originals are made lovingly from wood and stone. Come into the kitchen and listen to the fiddle play." - John Whitehead

AMAZON

I watched the PBS documentary of the same name at about the same time my grandparents and aunt and uncle were selling off their dairy herd in Ohio. The documentary was excellent . . . sad and moving, made more so by its haunting music. I had looked for the soundtrack locally for years and finally found it on Amazon. Now I'm enjoying listening to it over and over. - R. McKee