From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (Search) |
Composer(s): | Charles Wakefield Cadman |
Author(s): | Nelle Richmond Eberhart |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (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 Line | From the Land of the Sky-blue Water (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1909 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/from-the-land-of-the-sky-blue-water/ |
Larger Work | Four American Indian Songs, Op. 45 No. 1 (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (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 Level | HS (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 45 no. 1 (Search) |
Range: | Eb4 - Eb5 (Search) |
Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Alice Cunningham Fletcher (Search) |
Notes | Based on an Omaha tribe traditional melody, collected by Alice Fletcher (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | American Art Songs of the Turn of the Century; ISBN 0-486-26749-0 (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Mishelle Cipriani (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | University of Utah (Search) |