Nelle Richmond Eberhart

Author, Poet, and Lyricist Nelle Richmond Eberhart often wrote texts for composer Charles Wakefield Cadman and is most well-known for her poems of Cadman's American Indian songs From the Land of the Sky-blue Water.

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    Born in Detroit, Eberhart was a neighbor of Cadman when she worked as a teacher in Pittsburgh. Already interested in Native Americans due to her time teaching in Nebraska (prior to her move to Pittsburgh), Cadman asked Eberhart to write lyrics for his American Indian songs, which set melodies of the Omaha tribe.

    Cadman and Eberhart collaborated on over more 200 songs and two operas. Eberhart was the first woman librettist to have an opera (Shanewis, The Robin Woman of 1918) performed at the Metropolitan Opera.

    –Christie Finn

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    At Dawning

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    Song Collection

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    Idyls of the South Sea

    Song Collection

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Leave Not This Sea-encircled Isle (Calypso's Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Three Songs to Odysseus

    Memories

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Idyls of the South Sea

    The Moon Drops Low

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Idyls of the South Sea

    The White Dawn is Stealing

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

    Thou Wouldst Not Stay (Nausicaä's Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Three Songs to Odysseus

    Three Songs to Odysseus

    Song Collection

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Three Songs to Odysseus

    Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Idyls of the South Sea

    Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Nelle Richmond Eberhart

    Song Collection: Idyls of the South Sea

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    'Four American Indian Songs,' Op. 45 (High Voice)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
    2. The White Dawn is Stealing
    3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
    4. The Moon Drops Low

    Voice Type: High

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    'Four American Indian Songs,' Op. 45 (Low Voice)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
    2. The White Dawn is Stealing
    3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
    4. The Moon Drops Low

    Voice Type: Low

    Buy via Classical Vocal Reprints

    Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (High Key)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
    . The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
    3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
    4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

    Voice Type: High

    Buy via Recital Publications

    Idyls of the South Sea, Op. 55 (Medium Key)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. Where the Long White Waterfall (Love Song)
    . The Great Wind Shakes the Breadfruit Leaf (Ghost Song)
    3. The Rainbow Waters Whisper (Canoe Song)
    4. Withered is the Green Palm (Death Song)

    Voice Type: Medium

    Buy via Recital Publications

    3 Songs to Odysseus, Op. 50 (High Key)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)
    2. Leave Not This Sea-encircled Isle (Calypso's Song)
    3. Thou Wouldst Not Stay (Nausicaä's Song)

    Voice Type: High

    Buy via Recital Publications

    3 Songs to Odysseus, Op. 50 (Medium Key)

    Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Song(s): 1. Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)
    2. Leave Not This Sea-encircled Isle (Calypso's Song)
    3. Thou Wouldst Not Stay (Nausicaä's Song)

    Voice Type: Medium

    Buy via Recital Publications

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