American Myth and Roots
Songs from “Water: A Musical Celebration of America’s Heartland and Heart”
At the River | Music: Aaron Copland | Text: Traditional
Deep River | Traditional African American Spiritual | Arranged: Henry Thacker Burleigh
Nelly Was a Lady | Music & Text: Stephen Foster
The Land of the Sky-Blue Water | Music: Charles Wakefield Cadman | Text: Nelle Richmond Eberhart
The Sea | Music: Edward MacDowell | Text: William Dean Howells
The Golden Willow Tree | Traditional Anglo-American Ballad | Music & Arrangement: Aaron Copland
Thomas Hampson, baritone & Vlad Iftinca, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, July 2011
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Winona, Minnesota
At the River, from Old American Songs, Set 2 (1952)
Music by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Text by Robert Lowry (1826-1899)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
Deep River, from Jubilee Songs of the USA (1916)
Traditional African-American Spiritual
Arranged by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949)
Nelly was a Lady (1849)
Music and Text by Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Read the text of this song here.
From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (1909)
Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946)
Text by Nelle Richmond Eberhart (1871-1944)
The Sea (1893)
Music by Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Text by William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
The Golden Willow Tree, from Old American Songs, Set 2 (1952)
Traditional Anglo-American Ballad
Music and Arrangement by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
