Arthur Farwell is best known for his works based on Native American themes, but he also used cowboy tunes, African-American spirituals, and Spanish-Californian melodies as the basis of his compositions. He is remembered for trying to free American music of European influences, and as the founder in 1901 of the Wa-Wan Press, which issued the music of living American composers.
--Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Songs & Song Collections BY Farwell
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- 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108 - Song Collection
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105 - Song Collection
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Afternoon on a Hill
- Text:
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Ample Make This Bed (op. 108, no. 7)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Aristocracy (op. 105, no. 8)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- As If the Sea (op. 101, no. 3) (in Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- The Butterfly (op. 108, no. 2)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Dark Her Lodge Door (op. 69, no. 3)
- Text:
- Charles O. Roos
- A Dawn Song (op. 69, no. 2)
- Text:
- Charles O. Roos
- Folk Songs of the West and South, Op. 19 - Song Collection
- Text:
- Traditional
- Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101 - Song Collection
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Good Morning, Midnight (op. 101, no. 4) (in Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- The Grass So Little Has To Do (op. 112, no. 2)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- I'm Nobody (op. 108, no. 8)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Inketunga's Thunder Song (in Three Indian Songs, Op. 32)
- Text:
- Arthur Farwell
- The Level Bee (op. 105, no. 10)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- The Old Man's Love Song (in Three Indian Songs, Op. 32)
- Text:
- Arthur Farwell
- Papa Above! (from op. 108)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Presentiment (op. 105, no. 12)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- The Ravens Are Singing (op. 69, no. 1)
- Text:
- Charles O. Roos
- Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers (op. 105, no. 2)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Savior! (op. 101, no. 1) (in Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Song of the Deathless Voice (in Three Indian Songs, Op. 32)
- Text:
- Arthur Farwell
- Summer's Armies (op. 105, no. 9)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Three Indian Songs, Op. 32 - Song Collection
- Text:
- Arthur Farwell
- Tie The Strings To My Life (op. 107, no. 2)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Unto Me (op. 101, no. 2) (in Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
- Wild Nights — Wild Nights! (op. 112, no. 1)
- Text:
- Emily Dickinson
RELATED INFORMATION
- REC Music: Farwell songs
- Library of Congress: Arthur Farwell
- ArkivMusic: Farwell CDs
- Eastman School of Music: Farwell papers
- University of Rochester Research: Arthur Farwell search
- Edgar Lee Kirks' dissertation: Toward American Music: A Study of the Life and Music of Arthur George Farwell (PDF download available)
- The Hampsong Foundation: Arthur Farwell Song Texts and German Translations
