From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

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From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (Four American Indian Songs), Op. 45 is a set of four songs based on Omaha tribal melodies, with text by Nelle Richmond Eberhart and settings by Charles Wakefield Cadman.

The Omaha melodies themselves were collected by Washington ethnologist Alice C. Fletcher.

Date: 1909Composer: Charles Wakefield CadmanText: Nelle Richmond Eberhart

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Dvořák und seine Zeit

(Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Farwell, Edward MacDowell and Charles Ives)

2004

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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

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