Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Beautiful Child of Song | 2:57 |
| 2 | Dust of Snow | 1:05 |
| 3 | The Rose Family | 1:07 |
| 4 | The Moon Drops Low | 2:21 |
| 5 | Home Thoughts | 2:45 |
| 6 | White Moon | 1:54 |
| 7 | Joy | 1:21 |
| 8 | The Widow's Lament in Springtime | 3:13 |
| 9 | American Primitive | 2:09 |
| 10 | The Sleeper | 5:07 |
| 11 | My Father | 2:35 |
| 12 | Nothin' But Love | :46 |
| 13 | I Love You Truly | 1:55 |
| 14 | Her Greatest Charm | :41 |
| 15 | The Junk Man | 2:18 |
| 16 | Lost | 3:36 |
| 17 | Little Four Paws | 1:18 |
| 18 | Dozing on the Lawn | 2:59 |
| 19 | Song (She Is Not Fair) | 2:04 |
| 20 | The All-Enduring | 6:03 |
| 21 | Lethe | 3:04 |
| 22 | Interlude | 2:04 |
| 23 | Time, You Old Gypsy mMan | 1:34 |
| 24 | Grandma (Millie) | 5:13 |
| 25 | Stein X Seven: No. 6 | 1:53 |
| 26 | Waitin | 1:51 |
| 27 | There Came A Wind Like A Bugle | 1:39 |
| 28 | Sunrise | 6:07 |
About this Album
In this unique recording of American art songs, mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish present the work of many of this country’s most gifted composers and poets in a new and powerful light. The 28 songs cover a significant historical span (1860-1984) and myriad styles and emotions; yet, in their very diversity and individualism, they represent (to quote Charles Ives) “not music ‘made in America,’ but American music.”
The selection of music heard in Songs of America reflects, in part, the personal empathy of the artists with each song; in part, an exploration into some of the amazingly diverse idioms to be found in this musical genre; and, above all, the clearly identifiable sound of America portrayed in song.
Credits
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Joyce Robins, violin
Recorded by Max Wilcox
Produced by Theresa Sterne
