by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)
The new river
Language: English
Down the river comes a noise! It is not the voice of rolling waters. It's only the sound of man, phonographs and gasoline, dancing halls and tambourine; Killed is the blare of the hunting horn The River Gods are gone.
Authorship:
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The new river", 2008 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "The new river", 1921 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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