Collection Items
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Book/Printed MaterialImpressions of the Wa-wan ceremony of the Omahas,
- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur
- Date: 1906
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Wa-Wan Society of America. Three miniatures for pianoforte
- Contributor: Oldberg, Arne
- Date: 1907
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Notated MusicRequiescat sheet music | 4 p. ; 13 ¾ x 10 ½ in. | Cover: "Compositions / Published by / The Wa-Wan Press / Newton Center / Massachusetts…Arthur Farwell / Love's Secret / A Ruined Garden / Requiescat" (General). [Page 1]: "[Words by] Katherine Ruth Heyman / [Music by] Arthur Farwell" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Heyman, Katherine Ruth - The Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1904
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Article" Pirate Song" by Henry F. Gilbert Article. Gilbert's Pirate Song was first published by the Wa-Wan Press, which was founded by composer Arthur Farwell in 1901. The purpose of the Press, named for an Omaha Indian ceremony meaning "to sing to someone," was to publish American works that broke with European tradition. Gilbert worked alongside Farwell in promoting a distinctly American style. Gilbert also advocated for the use of humor...
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BiographyHenry F. Gilbert (1868-1928) Biography. Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert was born in 1868 in Somerville, Massachusetts, to musical parents. He received early training on piano and violin, entering the New England Conservatory, where he studied violin with Emil Mollenhauer and composition with Edward MacDowell between 1886 and 1892. He worked as a free-lance violinist and in a variety of trades—printing, real estate, music publishing, writing, and lecturing. He...
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Notated MusicIchibuzzhi sheet music | 8 p. ; 35 cm. | Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1902
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Notated MusicNocturn sheet music | 8 p. ; 35 cm. | "For Pianoforte. Op. 4, No. 2" (Source Note). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Kreider, Noble W. (Noble Wickham) - Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1907
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Notated MusicStudy, op. 6, no. 2 sheet music | 9 p. ; 35 cm. | 'For pianoforte." (Source Note). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Kreider, Noble W. (Noble Wickham) - Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1908
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Notated MusicThe Farewell sheet music | 14 p. ; 13 3/4 x 10 ½ in. | Cover: "The Farewell / Song for Baritone" (General). Page 3: "Dedicated to Mrs. Charles B. Kelsey / Christmas, 1910" (General). Page 3: "[Poem by] Robert Burns / [Music by] Arthur Farwell, Op. 33] (General). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Burns, Robert - The Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1911
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Notated MusicTwo poems, Eldorado and Israfel, Op. 8 musical score | 28 p. ; 35 cm. | "by Edgar Allen Poe with musical settings for voice and piano by Edgar Stillman Kelley" (Source Note). Musical Score (Form).
- Contributor: Poe, Edgar Allan - Wa-Wan Press - Kelley, Edgar Stillman
- Date: 1901
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Notated MusicDrake's Drum sheet music | 12 p. ; 13 3/4 x 10 ½ in. | [Page 1]: "To Dr. Chas. G. Woolsey" (General). [Page 1]: "Poem from 'Admirals All' by Henry Newbolt. Published by John Lane Company." (General). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Newbolt, Henry John, Sir - The Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1907
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Notated MusicAmerican Indian melodies
The old man's love song | Song of the deathless voice | Ichibuzzhi | The mother's vow | Inketunga's thunder song | Song of the ghost dance | Song to the spirit | Song to the leader | Choral | Approach of the Thunder God Sheet music | 29 p. of music ; 29 cm. | Songs of the Omaha Indians. (General). For piano. (General). Collected by Alice Fletcher. (General). Harmonized by Arthur Farwell. (Statement Of Responsibility). Historical and performance notes by A. Farwell in Introduction (8 p.). (General). Contents: Introduction -- I. Approach of the Thunder God -- II. The old man's love song -- III. Song of...- Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) - Wa-Wan Press
- Date: 1901
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Notated MusicLa montonera South American Gypsy song sheet music | 7 + 1 p. ; 35 cm. | "Words from "Through Romany Songland" by Laura A. Smith" (Copyright). "with violin obbligato" (Source Note). Sheet Music (Form).
- Contributor: Smith, Laura Alexandrine - Wa-Wan Press - Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap)
- Date: 1906
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Book/Printed MaterialKinderwacht
- Contributor: Andersen, Arthur Olaf
- Date: 1909
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Book/Printed MaterialA valentine. Op. 21
- Contributor: Freer, Eleanor Everest
- Date: 1909
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Book/Printed MaterialI have done,
- Contributor: Goldmark, Rubin
- Date: 1908
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Book/Printed MaterialA garden fancy,
- Contributor: Beach, John Parsons
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialWaltz to Margaret
- Contributor: Ide, Chester Edward
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialAutumn song
- Contributor: Beach, John Parsons
- Date: 1903
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Book/Printed MaterialMorning song
- Contributor: Loomis, Harvey Worthington
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialIn Venezia; serenade, for pianoforte
- Contributor: Roper, Virginia
- Date: 1906