Shaker Musical Legacy

Robert C. Opdahl spent several summers at the Shaker Village Work Camp in New Lebanon, New York, as a key staff member creating and conducting workshops on Shaker music as well as transcribing songs from the manuscripts. Toward the end of his experience, and while completing studies at Hofstra University, he met with folk singer Frank Warner who heartily supported the transcription project Viola E. Woodruff Opdahl taught history in New Lebanon, New York, where she had the opportunity to learn about the nearby New Lebanon and Hancock Shaker communities. Viola has written for the New-York Historical Society and the New York State Education Department, and she was a college social studies supervisor for SUNY at New Paltz. The authors have been studying Shaker music and collecting original songs and dance materials of the Shakers for more than forty yearsOpdahl, Robert C. is the author of 'Shaker Musical Legacy', published 2004 under ISBN 9781584653608 and ISBN 1584653604.