Voices From a Forgotten World: American Songbook V

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Voices From a Forgotten World: American Songbook V bears the subtitle "A Cycle of American Songs from North, South, East, and West." The work is for two singers (one male, one female), amplified piano, and percussion.

Date: 2006Composer: George Crumb

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Voices From a Forgotten World: American Songbook V:

 

1. “Bringing in the Sheaves” (after G. Minor)
2. “Somebody Got Lost in a Storm”
3. “House of the Rising Sun”
4. “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!”
5. “I Wonder as I Wander” (after John Jacob Niles)
6. “Song of the Thunder” (Navajo)
7. “‘Tis the Gift to be Simple”
8. “Beautiful Dreamer” (after Stephen Foster)
9. “Firefly Song” (Ojibwa)
10. “The Demon Lover: A Ghostly Ballad”

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    Voices From a Forgotten World

    Composer(s): George Crumb

    Song(s): 1. "Bringing in the Sheaves" (after G. Minor)
    2. "Somebody Got Lost in a Storm"
    3. "House of the Rising Sun"
    4. "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!"
    5. "I Wonder as I Wander" (after John Jacob Niles)
    6. "Song of the Thunder" (Navajo)
    7. "'Tis the Gift to be Simple"
    8. "Beautiful Dreamer" (after Stephen Foster)
    9. "Firefly Song" (Ojibwa)
    10. "The Demon Lover: A Ghostly Ballad"

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