American Folk Culture and Water
Songs from “Water: A Musical Celebration of America’s Heartland and Heart”
An Old Song Resung | Music: Charles Griffes | Text: John Masefield
River Chanty | Music: Kurt Weill | Text: Maxwell Anderson
On the Banks of the Wabash | Music & Text: Paul Dresser
Roll On, Columbia | Music & Text: Woody Guthrie
Rio Grande | Traditional American Sea Chanty | Arranged: Celius Dougherty
Shenandoah | Traditional Music and Text | Arranged: Steven White
The Boatmen’s Dance | Original Music & Text: Daniel Decantur Emmett | Arranged: Aaron Copland
Thomas Hampson, baritone & Vlad Iftinca, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, July 2011
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Winona, Minnesota
An Old Song Resung (1918)
Music by Charles Griffes (1884-1920)
Text by John Masefield (1878-1967)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
River Chanty (1950)
Music by Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Text by Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
On the Banks of the Wabash (1897)
Music and Text by Paul Dresser (1858-1906)
Roll On, Columbia (1941)
Music and Text by Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)
Rio Grande (1948)
Music by Celius Dougherty (1902-1986)
Traditional Text
Shenandoah
Traditional Music and Text
Arranged by Steven White (b. 1955)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
The Boatmen’s Dance, from Old American Songs, Set 1 (1950)
Original Music and Text by Daniel Decantur Emmett (1815-1904)
Arranged by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
