We welcome Juneteenth and its commemoration of emancipation from bondage, with a joyful noise: here’s the Cuba March, harmonized in 1805 by Jeremiah Ingalls, paired with The New Union, a universalist text from New Hampshire (1823). Please enjoy, and celebrate with us as our country moves a step closer to its ideals of liberty and justice for all. The music is excerpted from The Boston Camerata’s most recent CD release, Free America! (Harmonia Mundi, 2019).

Hatred and discord thus will cease,
And love and everlasting peace
Reign unenforced in every place,
And form an endless union.

The Cuba March with The New Union – The Boston Camerata
Text: John L. Peasey, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Portsmouth, New Hamsphire, 1823)
Music: ‘Heavenly Union’ by Jeremiah Ingalls, The Christian Harmony (Exeter, New Hamsphire, 1805).