
The Robert Owens Song Book - Centennial Edition / edited by Jamie Reimer.
Owens, Robert, (1925-2017.)Fayetteville: Classical Vocal Reprints ©2025
The Robert Owens Song Book is a collection of previously unpublished songs in English and German from manuscripts in the Robert Owens Archive. Set to poets like Wordsworth, Poe, Hesse, and Millay, they represent the breadth of Owens’ compositional life. Also included are arrangements of traditional American songs. Songs are presented in the original keys and include selections for high, medium, and low voices.
Contents: I wandered lonely (Wordsworth), Op. 5 -- Three Songs by E. A. Poe, Op. 14 -- I. A Dream Within a Dream -- II. To One in Paradise -- III. Eldorado -- Traum, Op. 22 (R. Roeder) -- I. Heisser Sommerlach atem -- II. Wenn du über, die Weisen -- III. Kindheitsberg wird sum Hügel meiner selbst -- IV. In meinen Träumen -- V. Wenn ich am Morgen erwache -- From the Book of Ruth, Op. 26 -- Dear friends and gentle hearts (C. Cullen) -- Shakespeare Song (E. Kishon) -- Two Hermann Hesse Songs -- Elisabeth -- Landstreicherherberge -- Wiegenlied für Serafina -- Stumm nur -- Stephen Foster Songs -- I. De Camptown Races -- II. Jeannie -- III. Susanna -- IV. Swanee River -- Deep River (Traditional) -- Amazing Grace (Traditional) -- Two Songs by Edna St. Vincent Millay -- I. “What lips my lips have kissed” (Sonnet XLIII), Op. 88 -- II. “Euclid Alone…”, Op. 89 -- Translations.
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Edition Number: CVR 5496
Distributor Number: CVR5496