From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

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Song TitleFrom the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (Search)
Composer(s):Charles Wakefield Cadman
Author(s):Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Blue; Bringing; Captives; Dawn; Flutes; Hearts; Homesickness; Lands; Lightning; Lodges; Maids; Music; Mute; Native American; One Octave or Less; Pentatonic; Prisoners; Sick; Sky; Unafraid; Water; Wooing
First LineFrom the Land of the Sky-blue Water (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1909 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/from-the-land-of-the-sky-blue-water/
Larger WorkFour American Indian Songs, Op. 45 No. 1 (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/4_American_Indian_Songs%2C_Op.45_(Cadman%2C_Charles_Wakefield)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0CFJl5LSCBJLhMw64JYvdw?si=J9c12NdSTTuLB0BvPLB1bQ
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 45 no. 1 (Search)
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToAlice Cunningham Fletcher (Search)
NotesBased on an Omaha tribe traditional melody, collected by Alice Fletcher (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceAmerican Art Songs of the Turn of the Century; ISBN 0-486-26749-0 (Search)
ContributorGTM , Mishelle Cipriani (Search)
Contributor Affiliation University of Utah (Search)
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