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Celeron (song)
"Celoron" is a folk song written by Robert Schmertz (artist), Robert Schmertz to describe an expedition in June 1749. A copy of this song is part of the Robert Schmertz collection. The expedition was led by Captain Celoron de Blainville. He had received instructions from the Comte de la Galissoniere to protect the French trading activities in lands west of the Allegheny Mountains from the British Ohio Company. Celeron led the expedition of Indians and Frenchmen to the St. Lawrence River and Montreal. From there, they traveled to Lake Ontario and the Niagara River. They continued to Lake Erie and to the upper Allegheny River. As they traveled down the Allegheny toward Pittsburgh, they deposited various lead plates that announced that the land belonged to Louis, King of France. Lyrics References {{reflist American folk songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schmertz (artist)
Robert Watson Schmertz (March 4, 1898 – June 7, 1975) was a Pittsburgh-based architect and folk musician whose music has been covered by Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bill and Gloria Gaither, The Statler Brothers, The Cathedrals, Dailey & Vincent, the River City Brass Band, and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. Born in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Schmertz attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he wrote the Carnegie Tartans' fight song, "Fight for the Glory of Carnegie," and played the banjo in a jazz orchestra; after he graduated with an architecture degree in 1921, Schmertz designed buildings. He taught at Carnegie for more than thirty-five years before his retirement. As a folk musician, Schmertz released four albums, with his third, ''Sing Oh! The City Oh!: Songs of Early Pittsburgh'', in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Pittsburgh's founding; a reviewer for ''Keystone Folklore Quarterly'' called it "tuneful and well-done in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |