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    Book/Printed Material
    Impressions of the Wa-wan ceremony of the Omahas,
    • Contributor: Farwell, Arthur
    • Date: 1906
  • Book/Printed Material
    The Wa-Wan Society of America. Three miniatures for pianoforte
    • Contributor: Oldberg, Arne
    • Date: 1907
  • Notated Music
    Requiescat 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...
  • Biography
    Henry 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...
  • Notated Music
    Ichibuzzhi sheet music | 8 p. ; 35 cm. | Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Farwell, Arthur - Wa-Wan Press
    • Date: 1902

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  • Notated Music
    Nocturn 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 Music
    Study, 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 Music
    The 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 Music
    Two 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 Music
    Drake'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 Music
    American 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 Music
    La 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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  • Biography
    Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) Biography. Although Arthur Farwell did not intend to pursue a professional career in music, he became one of America's most influential composers, with over 100 compositions to his name. He is best known for his works based on Native American themes; however, he also used cowboy tunes, African-American spirituals, and Spanish-Californian melodies as the basis of his compositions. Initially, his musical style reflected a...
  • Article
    Old Man's Love Song from Three Indian Songs, Op. 32 (1908) by Arthur Farwell
  • Biography
    Charles Martin Loeffler, 1861-1935 Although he claimed Alsatian birth, recent scholarship suggests that Charles Martin Loeffler was born in Germany. His parents, Karl Löffler and Helene Schwerdtmann, were natives of Berlin and were married there on 6 December 1857. Furthermore, a student record at the Hochschule für Musik indicates that Loeffler was born in Schöneberg bei Berlin. That Loeffler seemingly falsified his birthplace is proof of his hostility...
  • Article
    The American Art Song: An Introduction Article. Article. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; ... Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. -- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855)
  • Book/Printed Material
    Kinderwacht
    • Contributor: Andersen, Arthur Olaf
    • Date: 1909
  • Book/Printed Material
    A valentine. Op. 21
    • Contributor: Freer, Eleanor Everest
    • Date: 1909
  • Book/Printed Material
    I have done,
    • Contributor: Goldmark, Rubin
    • Date: 1908
  • Book/Printed Material
    A garden fancy,
    • Contributor: Beach, John Parsons
    • Date: 1907
  • Book/Printed Material
    Waltz to Margaret
    • Contributor: Ide, Chester Edward
    • Date: 1907
  • Book/Printed Material
    Autumn song
    • Contributor: Beach, John Parsons
    • Date: 1903
  • Book/Printed Material
    Morning song
    • Contributor: Loomis, Harvey Worthington
    • Date: 1907
  • Book/Printed Material
    In Venezia; serenade, for pianoforte
    • Contributor: Roper, Virginia
    • Date: 1906