Dramatized songs of the North American Indian: Thurlow Lieurance, Edna Woolley Lieurance, Hubert E. Small

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Dramatized Songs of the North American Indian

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Copyright Underwood & Underwood

Thurlow Lieurance
Composer-Pianist

Edna Woolley Lieurance
Soprano

Hubert E. Small, Flutist



Program

1.
SCENE CHARACTERISTIC, from Winona and Shabotha.

(a)
Among the Pines I Love to Roam.
(b)
From the Old Dance Lodge (Original Ojibway Home Song).
(c)
Prayer for Her People.

2.
SHE STANDS THERE SMILING (Secular), Roos-Lieurance.

She stands there smiling,
She is the spring come walking,
The spring comes walking, walking in the land.
In her hair are summer winds,
Cheeks are bright red willow bark,
In her footsteps grasses spring,
Her voice is the meadow lark.
Her breath is the cherry blossoms,
In her eyes are the blue-deep lakes.
Her lips are the wild strawberries,
In her smile the land awakes.
She stands there smiling,
She is the spring come singing,
The spring comes singing, singing in the land.

3.
BY WEEPING WATERS (Indian Mourning Song).
4.
GHOST PIPES, Roos-Lieurance.

The night wind sighs, and trees are talking;
Down grass-grown trails ghost warriors walking,
Forgotten trails dim shapes are stalking.
In the time of ginseng berries
When the smoky moon rides high,
Sleeping trails awake again
To tread of warriors passing by.
Phantom chiefs from long star trails
Come to hold great council talks
Dance and smoke the calumets
And fade out when the white dawn walks.
The sweet dawn wind stirs night fogs drifting;
From out dawn mist far hills are lifting
The spruce-crowned hills, the ghost smoke rifting.

5.
FLUTE SOLOS.

(a)
Selected.
(b)
A Sioux Love Song.


6.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

(a)
I Sing in My Heart at the Weaving (Characteristic).

I sing in my heart at the weaving,
The fleet-winged hours of weaving.
Wind-swift the pony my hunter rides
Home from the far away hill.
A fat doe from his saddle swings,
How then can my heart be still.
Five colors I weave in his blanket,
Some bright like the red bird's wing.
But the ones that lift a song in my heart,
Are the soft as the willows in spring.
I sing in my heart at the weaving,
The heart of me sings at the weaving.

(b)
The Chant of the Corn Grinders (Pueblo).
(c)
Autumn (Secular).

A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky.
The ripe rich tint of the cornfields
And the wild geese sailing high.
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the golden-rod.
Some of us call it autumn,
And others call it God.


7.
ANALYSIS OF INDIAN MELODIES.
8.
DEMONSTRATION OF INDIAN FLUTES.
9.
WHERE DAWN AND SUNSET MEET, Roos-Lieurance.
10.
INDIAN SONGS.

(a)
The Owl's Bleak Cry.
(b)
Wium, an Indian Lullaby from the Pueblos.

11.
PIANO SOLO.
By the Waters of Minnetonka.

12.
A PRAYER AND SCENE CHARACTERISTIC FROM THE FIRE DANCE.

This program is subject to change and any of the following numbers may be substituted: Where Drowsy Waters Steal, The Bird and the Babe, Where the Sad Waters Flow, The Dream Trail, Longing, In Mirrored Waters.




A SELECTED LIST OF SONGS
BASED ON TRIBAL MELODIES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN RECORDED AND HARMONIZED BY THURLOW LIEURANCE




Catalog No.
Title
Compass
Price


9893
Aooah—Love Song from the Red Willow Pueblos
c-D
$0.30


13069
At the Sundown
a-D
.40


14561
By the Waters of Minnetonka.  Concert Edition.  (Violin and Flute ad lib.)—High Voice.
E-F#
.60


12125
By the Waters of Minnetonka.  Concert Edition.  (Violin and Flute ad lib.)—Low Voice
d-E♭
.60


17550
By the Waters of Minnetonka.  Recital Edition.  (Violin or Flute ad lib.)
F-g
.60


17446
By the Waters of Minnetonka.  Recital Edition.  (Violin or Flute ad lib.)
d-E
.60


14235
By the Weeping Waters
d♭-D
.40


16878
Canoe Song (Flute ad lib.)
F-F
.60


16879
Canoe Song (Flute ad lib.)
E-E
.60


16880
Canoe Song (Flute ad lib.)
d-D
.60


16538
Dying Moon Flower
c-E
.30


16842
From Ghost Dance Canyon
g#-F#
.50


17245
From Ghost Dance Canyon
b-a
.50


16585
From an Indian Village
d-g
.60


9895
Her Blanket (Navajo)
d#-C
.30


14543
Hymn to the Sun God
c-a♭
.50


15220
In Mirrored Waters (Sioux) (With Flute)
F-F
.75


16793
Indian Spring Bird—Ski-bi-bi-la—Low Voice
b-E
.40


16125
Indian Spring Bird—Medium
c-F
.40


16792
Indian Spring Bird—High
d-g
.40


9894
Love Song—From the Red Willow Pueblos
c-D
.30


9898
Lullaby
d-E
.40


15403
My Lark, My Love
E-F#
.30


9948
My Silver Throated Fawn—Sioux Love Song
c-F
.30


15404
O'er the Indian Cradle
E-a
.40


15068
Owl's Bleak Call, The (Flute ad lib.)
c#-b
.50


9949
Pakoble—The Rose
d-E
.30


9897
Pa-Pup-Ooh—Dear Flower
b-E
.30


13546
Rainbow Land (Violin and 'Cello ad lib.)
F-g
.60


15067
Red Birds Sing O'er the Crystal Spring, The (Flute)
E-c
.60


16537
Rose on an Indian Grave, A
c-D
.40


13731
Rue—Indian Spring Song (Violin or Flute Obbl.)
E-g
.40


12154
Sacrifice, The
b-B
.40


14049
Sioux Serenade, A (Flute)
d-g
.50


9896
Weaver, The—The Blanket—Her Rosary
b♭-E
.30





ALBUMS OF INDIAN SONGS

Songs of the North American Indian
Contains some of the best of Thurlow Lieurance's Indian songs.   Price, $1.50.



Indian Songs
A collection of nine songs based on the tribal melodies of the American aborigine.   $1.50.




OTHER SUCCESSFUL SONGS BY THURLOW LIEURANCE
Apart from his Indian writings, Mr. Lieurance has a number of successful songs, piano compositions and violin numbers.  Notable among these are: The Angelus, The Bird and the Babe, a group of humorous encore songs, and the Romance in A, which is published for piano solo, violin and piano and organ.  A few of the songs are listed below.




19332
Angelus, The (Creole Legends No. 1)
E♭-g♭
$0.60


17753
Bird and the Babe, The—High
E♭-g
.50


17755
Bird and the Babe, The—Low
c-E
.50


17754
Bird and the Babe, The—Med. (Flute Obbl.)
d♭-F
.60


18784
Far Off I See a Paddle Flash.
d-F
.50


8593
Felice
c-g
.60


18704
Ghost Pipes—High
d-g
.50


18798
Ghost Pipes—Low
b-E
.50


19458
Lone Loon's Cry, The
c-F
.50


16051
Maleana (Hawaiian Love Song)
b♭-E♭
.50


17450
My Collie Boy—High
E-g
.50


17451
My Collie Boy—Med.
c#-E
.50


17452
My Collie Boy—Low
b-D
.50


19456
My Flute Call Haunts the Wild Wood
E-a
.50


17715
Star of Mine, Serenade by Titl (Flute or Violin Obbl.)
c-E
.60


13145
Sweet as an Angel's Tear
E-F#
.40


19421
To Celia—High
E-g♭
.60


19422
To Celia—Low
d-E♭
.60


17902
Where Cedars Rise—Med.
c-F
.50


17903
Where Cedars Rise—Low
b♭-E♭
.50


17901
Where Cedars Rise (Flute Obbl.)—High
d-g
.60


19237
Where Dawn and Sunset Meet
d-F
.35


19454
Where Drowsy Waters Flow
c-g
.50


17563
Wild Bird—Low
b-E
.30


17562
Wild Bird (Flute Obbl.)—High
d-g
.40





SACRED SONGS


8213
But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own
b-E
.50


8585
Come, Holy Ghost
b♭-F
$0.50


7710
Prayer, A
a♭-D♭
.40


16801
Away in a Manger (Solo or Duet)

.30





ENCORE SONGS


13188
April First
c-a♭
$0.25


13176
Dachshund, The
c-D
.25


13211
George and His Father
d-E
.20


13119
I Wonder Why?
d-F#
.25


17053
Paying More for It
c-C
.30


13984
Predicaments
d-g
.40


14107
Snapshots, Motive, The Rooster and the Hens
c-E
.40


17055
'Um, Not Me!
F-F
.30


17054
Wise Bird, A
c-D
.30





ALBUMS OF SONGS

Eight Songs from Green Timber
In these songs, the poet (Chas. O. Roos) and the musician (Thurlow Lieurance) have blended the inspiration brought to them by the wonderful green timber country in the magic valley of the St. Croix River.   Price, $1.50.



Songs from the Yellowstone
Unusually interesting songs.  These four songs possess a delightful difference from the average conventional song.   Price, $1.00.



Forgotten Trails
This group of four songs, like the Green Timber songs, are the work of Chas. O. Roos and Thurlow Lieurance and the heart-beat of the great outdoors is conveyed in these artistic songs.   Price, $1.00.




THE COMPASS of each song is indicated by large and small letters.  The first printed letter indicates the lowest note of the song.  If the small letter is printed first, it shows that the lowest note is below the staff; if last, that the highest note is above the staff.  The capital letters are notes upon the staff.

A complete list of works by Thurlow Lieurance, including Songs, Women's Choruses, Men's Choruses, Mixed Choruses and numbers for Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute and Pipe Organ, may be obtained on request to Theo, Presser Co., Publishers, 1710-1712-1714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.