Skip to main content

CornellCast(beta)

Live Broadcast

Our live broadcast of Event Title is about to begin. Don't miss it!

DismissWatch it now

Don't Miss

Catch Video Title now on CornellCast!

DismissWatch it now

To get the full experience, you must use a browser with javascript and Flash capabilities.

Ezra Cornell Bicentennial Birthday Concert, played by chimesmaster, Gretchen Ryan

Chimesmaster Gretchen Ryan, January 11, 2007

Duration: 00:11:06

Ezra Cornell Bicentennial Birthday Concert, played by chimesmaster, Gretchen Ryan

Chimesmaster Gretchen Ryan, January 11, 2007

On January 11, 2007, Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday was celebrated with a party, historical retrospectives, and a Jennie McGraw Bell Tower chimes concert, played by chimes master, Gretchen Ryan. Read about the event in the Cornell Chronicle athttp://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan07/Ezrabirthday.aj.html

The order and names of the pieces played were:

  • Happy Birthday (on audio-only version)
  • Guberstag - A "traditional" tune/version of Happy Birthday (on audio-only version)
  • Sonatine in G Major (Beethoven)
  • Hail, Columbia (Phile, though sometimes attributed to Johannes Roth)
  • Farewell to the Woodlands (Arne)
  • Cornell Hymn (Quarles)
  • Rise, My Soul/Amsterdam (Nares)
  • Wanderlied (Schumann)
  • Cornell Alma Mater

Cornell Cast Video Index