© by Kirke Field Mechem (1889 - 1985)
Dust (Recitative and aria)
Language: English
It's true that we've been dusty at times, friends, yes [ ... ]
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Note: the text is preceded by the following: (The other day [about 1940] a New England paper ran a story about the dust-storm years in Kansas and said it was doubtful at the time if the state would survive them. Then a west coast editor asked if anybody had checked on that lately. Since then, similar remarks have been bandied about the country.)
Note: the text is preceded by the following: (The other day [about 1940] a New England paper ran a story about the dust-storm years in Kansas and said it was doubtful at the time if the state would survive them. Then a west coast editor asked if anybody had checked on that lately. Since then, similar remarks have been bandied about the country.)
Authorship:
- by Kirke Field Mechem (1889 - 1985), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Dust (Recitative and aria)", copyright © 1972 [baritone and piano or orchestra], from From the Heartland, no. 1, G.Schirmer (Hal Leonard) [text verified 1 time]
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