" It's So Peceful In The Country " In praise of the life-giving affirmation of a rural lifestyle. This is by Alec Wilder, who wrote a definitive, scholarly analysis of the innovators who created the Great American Songbook tradition. He knew men like Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen.
The singer is Eileen Farrell, one of the few operatic and concert singers who could also master the unique vernacular of popular American song.
I dedicate this to Elva Reid who still resides on an Ontario farm property that has been in her family for many generations. We have not seen each other for many years but the memory of our family visit to her wonderful, bucolic retreat is still fresh in our memories.


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