114 SONGS By CHARLES €. IVES10 1" 2 13 4 as 16 7 18 19 20 a 2 4 2s 26 a 28 2» 30 3 32 3 ey 3s 36 a 10 u 13 15 16 18 19 23 27 28 29 3 36 31 40 43 a 0 50 56 sr 9 ot 0 n ” 6 n n 8 aL INDEX Masossry Evensc ¢ : ‘Tae Last Reaper Ar Sea Dovorrauiry Tus New River Discrosvee ‘Tus Ratnow Dory Vira Canute Runace Lincoun, THe Great Commoner (From) Rewexorasce ResoLuti0N ‘Tae Ipians ‘Tae Housatowic at Stocksxince (From) Reticion GrantenestER Incastarion, (FRom THz) « Tat Greatest Man Hye Luck ax Worx “Nov. 2, 1920" Marte Leaves PREwonitioNs Ax StaEEt Lime A Sick Eaote Tar Swnosers (Frou) Ow tHe Counter ‘Tae See'a Frou “Paraceisus” Wart Warman Ta Swe-Suow Caaptx-Sone La Fie Avcvst Seeteupen }From Early Italian Poets | Decemper ‘Author Milton Oliver Wendell Holmes Robert Underwood Johnson Wordsworth Emerson Manlius (Cowboy Songs) ‘Markham Charles Sprague Robert Underwood Johnson (Bixby (quot) Rupert Brooke Byron ‘Anne Collins Ghutter (quot) Robert Underwood Johnson ‘Thomas Bailey Aldrich Robert Underwood Johnson Maurice Morris Keats Louis Untermeyer Browning Whitman ALL. Ives Ariosto (Geminiano (Rossetti)38 40 a 2 4B 45 46 ” 48 50 st 82 53 st 55 56 7 38 9 6 o o 63 65 66 or 8 0 nm n B ” 18 Page 85 86 a7 88 89 ot 93 95 0 99 103 104 107 112 115 119 122 126 128 131 133 135 136 138 139 142 148 145 147 149 153 155 158 159 160 161 163 166 INDEX ‘Tue Couecrion AFTERGLOW Tue Invare eta) ee Senexiry ‘Tae Turwos Our Faruzrs Loven Waremuan eee 4 Songs Based on Hymntune Themes His Exavtation Tue Came-Mpenixc ‘TworEAU Ty FLaNpers Fists He 1s Tuere! 3 Songs of the War Tou Sais Away Ow Howe Dav Iy Tur Aue A Sox oF A Gaunouier } 5 Street Songs and Pieces Down East ‘Tue Circus Bax Mists Evipence ‘Touenace Avrumn Nature's Way ‘Tue Warninc Sout Tuose Evesine Beuis ‘Tae Cace SPRING Soc ‘Tue Lica mat 1s Fer Wateixe : ItaceNau (Over All the Treetops) Rouca Wixp Mrmace ‘Tuene 1s a LANE Tansant Moss Hazratus ‘Tae Cunpren’s Hour (Frow) I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN ‘Author (Stanzas from old Hymns) James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. Whittier Bowring Lowry Robinson Elliot Col, McCrae (Traditional) (Quotation) Cowper Moore Whittier Goethe Shelley Rossetti Kipling Percy's Reliques Longfellow Wordsworth16 n 78 ” 80 at a2 83 85 86 87 88 9 90 ot 2 93 94 95 96 7 98 99 100 101 102 103 108 105 106 107 108 109 10 ut 2 113 4 Page 168, 17 am 178 180 183 186 190 193 195 197 202 208 206 207 210 212 a4 21s 216 219 21 Pry 228 234 235 236 240 242 m4 247 249 250 252 253 254. 256 287 259 INDEX Qu’. M'rratr BIEN Exéoire 4 French Songs CHANSON DE FLoniaw Rosamunpe, Wert! aur arm ‘Tue Oup More 4 German Songs Is Suwmerrteios { ex Groute wicur NicHT oF Frost 1v May (FRoM) Darras Oness ano Onactes AN Otp FLAME, ‘A Niour Soxc 8 Sentimental Ballads A Sonc—For Asvrmixe~ ‘Tue Wors’s Hionway Kinew Mamie Bencevse Wuene 1H Excus AutecRo Romanzo (di Central Park) Tue Soura Winp Navcut THat Country Forwarp into LIGHT From a Cantata A-Curistmas CAROL My Nariwe Laxo {o: Vory Pleasant |b. Rather Sad Tas Waite Guiis (From the Russian) ‘Mewortes Two Litre Flowers West Lonpox (A Sonnet) Amenion A Nicut Trovcnt Soxcs My Morner Taucut Me Wate : ‘Tue Wortp's Wanperess Canon To Evira Waen Stars Axe IN THE Quist Skies Stow Manca Author Gallet ide Florian Bélanger Lenau Vinje |Almers Heine Meredith Porteous (Unknown to Composer) Moore (Various) (Unknown to Composer) Gottschall Turnbull Leigh Hunt Alford St. Bernard (Traditional) (Traditional) Maurice Morris Matthew Arnold ‘Tennyson Moore Heyduk Shelley Moore Bulwer-Lyttonl 4 Majority Slowly re (1924) * Slowly — = ——S= SS Fine Mas ~ sex! * Preferably for a unison chorus; it is almost impossible fora single voice to hold the part against the score. Printed in s80U.8.A. Copyright 1896, Merion Mute, Ine. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in US.A ‘Al ightsreterved including the right of public performance for profit,ses have toiled Faster ‘The Mas - ses ded) Faster. nf Inthis and in some of the following soags, all aotes are natural unfess otherwise marked, except those immediately following an accidental antural signs are thas used more asa convenience than of necessityModerately, with an even rhythm Ny - ing, are sing ~~ ings alittle slower mp — ~~ ing, Whencecomes the Art of the World! The Mas- ses are yearn-ing, are LA. Slowly th. aes vpule seat youn. vouyearn-ing, are yearning. Whencecomes the J hope. of the World. Slowly 2P — Slowlydream-ing,Whencecomes the at = PP largemente / a a | ee6 2 Evening (i924) Milton Prom" Paradise Lost Le and Twilight ‘gray LA. had in her so-berliv-ery all things clady LA, L rh th. eu Si- lence ac-compan-ied;—__ for the beastand bird— ha _ SS — ne SSS SSS Copyright 1939 by A Copyright Renewed Aialittle faster to their nests were slunk, but the wake-ful night - in - === gale; She all night long, all night long her8 3 The Last Reader (t924) Oliver Wendel! Holmes read my own sweet songs: Andante con moto ‘SChertth? Spoke died IT some-times sit be-neath a tree and xy by —- == = Ss others be, Each hum-ble tine prolongs 8 tone that rh er ith oF iB 7 ter Be rh. Slower might have passed a-way, But for LAL LA. its that scarce re - mem - bered lay. Copyright 1933, Merion Musi, Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in US.A, ‘All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profiThey lie upon my pathway ‘Those flowersthatonce ranwild, £ den p Slower but evenly - thers care - worn cheek ‘The ring gold - en ming - ling with 1A, ppp r10 4 At Sea Robert Underwood Johnson om ir Jlagony book ef Pera? i aici ahatons waht Pend i eecerd Mate P PP [== = SS jt 7 4 : ates é jet Some things are un diwined ex = cept by love La, point of yon hor-i = —_zonline La. Lh. La, aS pial ie | rp 1 The verses by the same author, to. ‘songs 15, 21, 24, are also taken from the above book. International Copyright Se Printed in USA, Til pits served including the right of public performance Yor prof5 Immortality as28) mp(Adagio) dares to spring is dead, un mp (leeato) glow! == a ¢ r: ==} = SS HT Copyright 1933, Merion Music, Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A, llrightsreserved including the right of public performance for profit —<12 piu agitando dares to say our Of Lester and in ageradually excited way) a AAA our child is Ty) quietly but firmly God had meant she6 13 The New River (as24) Fast and rough comes a is not the voice Copyright 1933, Merion Music, Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA. ‘All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit.a - ly thesounds of man, phon - o-graphs andgas - o-line, - cing halls and tam -bour-ine Killed is the blare—___. of the hunt-ing horn { pp # : fast again =F Roop NR 222—87 45 Disclosure (1924) Andante moderato mf Thoughts;which deeply restateveningat sunrise gayly thrilled themind:Songs whose Lhd. ge animando Tay d wig =P slower Be zi Spite beauty nowonly lies inmemo-ry ‘Youth would sing with rapture,sing fromjoyousbouyant impulse animando__ PE, aster —— PP mp Knowing naughtbut he was sing-ing, ThuswouldGod re - veal the range of nf slower & broadly I b ——— » a go SS } | nf maestoso AKA AK 4 eX? Copyright 1954 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A, {All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit16 8 So may it be! (4924) Wordsworth My (Moderatly fast) with animation heart leaps up when iy moto SP. te Sowas it when my life be-gan; th 2 Coovriaht 1893, Merion Musi. Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewes International Copyright Secured ined in USA, ‘Ail hts reserved including the right of public performance for prof17 Hy fh tar Ee st Sh oe ee > es , oe he a ‘hall grow old, or let me diel The ranguilly = uL bx child is fath-er of the man; And I could wish my days18 9 a) Duty (4924) Catan rb th ea oe = je a an : @ f = ees dbd) 8 OB bees x aes [4 = maestoso lth = 4— 6 “He i = = = pa ee = = ~~ Gm "e — wane & ——_ m — ==> Ss 2a When Du-ty whispers low“Thou must” The youth re__- plies “1 cant” Lh. th. Lh. Pl yd 4 oes re PP ————— == 5 = = Fr R—T TT “4 IOC Sain a, Moor Ma pan need ran Ca Sr tpn ptermme es sm ——_aaagi b) Vita sania SS nf, me PP PPP “Nascentesmor-i- mur fin-isquefin-is - que, ab or-i ~ gi-ne pen-det” Oe aa = SEP Ret nf10 19 Charlie Rutlage "(from Cowboy Songs) An - oth-ergood cow-punch-er has gone to meet his fate, 1 hope (In moderate time) mp a rest - ing place,with-in the gol-den gate, the gol - dengate. An- ofthe X I T, "Twill be hard tofind an-oth-erthat's liked aswell as he. e first that died was Kid White, a manboth tough and * cowboy Songs and other Frontier Ballads Collected by John A.Lomax, M.A. University of Texas) The Macmillan Co. N.Y. Copyright 1939 by Arrow Music Press, Inc. Copyright assigned 1957 to Associated Music Publishers, Inc., New York Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A, All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit.20 bravé,-WhileCharlie Rutlagemakesthe thirdto be sent_ tohis grave, Caused. faster half spoken) by a cow-horsefalling, faster 7 bos. ad lib) (hold back) while place where death men mock, (hold back here) cir-cle through the hills, Whoopee ti yi yo, etc.) recite. following the piano running af-ter stock; "Twas on the spring round up, fast He went for-ward one morn-ing on fast (Whoopee “ti yi yo, git a-long lit-tle dogies, tr and full of glee, and2 free fromearth-ly ills; ee (alittle slower) (fast again) work on which he went, Noth-ing came back fromhimhistime onearthwasspent. "Twas 4 t Gast again) (alittle slower) asherodetheroundup, a XITturnedbacktotheherd; Poor Char-lieshoved him in a-gain,his wf ‘- | Pid ® fj faster and faster. - - Sf louderandlouder- -- --------- cut-ting horse he spurred; + oth-er turned; at that momentae ee ee en are == SS SS SS = SSE aay =) horsethecreature spied andturoedand fellwith him, beneathpoor Charlie mp loco 4s in the beginning relations in‘Texas his face never more will see,But I ____ hope he'll meet his loved ones beyond in eterni- about the time at the beginning — eternity, 1 of, =———- pp grasphim by the righthand at the shining throne,theshin - ing throneythe shining throneof grace. PP nf =—— PP In these measures,the notes are indicated only approximately; the eof course, is the main point.11 2a from “Lincoln, the Great Commoner” (4924) The storm and stress of life! ‘The curse of war and strife! ‘The harsh vindictiveness of men! The cuts of sword and pen! What needed to be borne_he bore! ‘What needed to be fought_he fought! But in his soul, he stood them up as_naught! CRD Edwin Markham pd SI ret fo maestoso, but not too slowly 5 * SS Sas = - . = — ae vend x0 hecame from the peai - rie ca > bin to the Cap-i - tt, te qf Poems used by permission. Copyright 1952 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA, All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit Bo= Si — bn he Se “ES ¥ =F SS SSS He held hie place hg__ held. the long pur - poselike a grow-ing tree alg fg 4. ——S SF = cos26 thrd blame and fal-tered not at praise, andwhen he fell majestically —F7 ‘ __ wentdown aswhen a King - ly ce oe Sfa tittle slower) ama > re a ~~ SS ESS green with boughs goes down. withagreatshout, up - on the hillst a12 21 “The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more” Wordsworth. (to2t) 8 use both pedals shad-owed fath - er song. me Pa td fT Copyright 1954 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in US.A, {All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit,28 13 Resolution 92) Moderately ing strong - er un-der dis - tant skies, needs to mark the sen - ti-men - tal pla - ces; —_. > Copyright 1995, Merion Music, inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA, ‘All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit14 2 The Indians as2) Very slowly —— aa crese.e pitt moto = > no more for them the wild deer bounds, The orese. ¢ pit moto is on their hunt-ing grounds;— || _——————, Copyright 1932 by Cos Cob Press, Inc. Copyright assigned 1957 to Associated Music Publishers, Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured All rights reserved including the right of publie performance for profit. 18, New York inted in US.A15 at The Housatonic at Stockbridge azn) Robert Underwood Johnson (by permission) PRP \e E | slowly and quietly | aoe eee 4a } = =e = ee “Hs Sy dream += oy real The cloud-y wil - low and the —— : arpa Fe Ht ee = je eh op EE NOTH:-The small notes intheright hand_may be omitted, but if played should be scarcely audible. This song was origin. ally written as a movement ina setof pieces for orchestra, in which it was intended that the upper strings, muted, be lis - tened to separately or sub-conciously-as.a kind of distant background of mists seen through the trees or over a river Val- ley,their parts bearing little or no relation to the tonality,etc. of the tune. It is difficult to reproduce this effect with piano Copyright 1954 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA. [All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for ProfitBe wan-ders with theea3 = ‘Con - ten-ted ri - ver! And yet 0 - ver-shy Tomaskthybeau - ty from the ea- ger ey qe a ee 2 i #3 aay E dala LY oo is is Hast thou a thought to hide from field and town? -—_In-some deep__ AL 42 4aa — is eh pie Lig a Eyed = He =€ SS alittle faster — ooo Abt theres a res - tive rip-ple, and the swiftred leaves Septem-bers —_ = Se ee fi tes ba >. 's inagtadually animated way firstlings faster drift;...Wouldst thou a-way,dear stream? Come,whisper near! _al-so of much —=a5 z rest-inghave a fear: SS iy —— a 3 2 LEFnondeorese. a to theadventurous sea! —SSS_36 16 Quotation from asso) Dr James T. Bizbys"Modern Dogmatiom” in his “Bssayi8The New World te (Thos.Waittaker, ¥.¥.) es =| day byday and night bynight, — un- Lyd SN Sa — {God knows the why. m4? ‘maestoso * “The Shining Shore”. Geo. F Root Copyright 1954 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in US.A. ‘All Rights Reserved Including the Rieht of Public Performance for Profit17 a Grantchester (ith a quotation from Debussy) ee 20) “from the Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke “ by the courtesy of John Lane Co. ¥. Adagio non tanto ~~ o—= would were in Grant-ches -ter, th. a /S Sas SSS SS in Grantchos - ter rr ae Pp Fj a i x + re Tr a + F v ‘- o a be F e pe SS ee ee eee WJ Na-ture there or Earth or such. And clev-er mod - ern men have seen a Pp — er fll =. icy se SSS = te Fi © copyright 1956 by PEER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION International Copyright Secured Printed in U. S.A. All rights reserved including the right to public performance for profit ala38 — SS $ pe SS = # a Faun a ing through the green, and felt the Clas-sice were CATR Gee Fa ! Tt Ss =H Fy glimpse a Nai-ads reed-y head or (spoken) the Goat foot pi-ping low. wm But these are things 1 eine Pp = ‘*CAprés-midi d'un Faune? Claude Debussy). By courtesy and special authorization of the publisher: Jean Jobert, Paris, 44 Rue du Colisée.a9 SSE Plento con grazia I on-ly know that you may lie slowly and calmly Lae > ae ee ee aoa = phe = + oe: + = = Zi Cam-bridge sky,and,flower lulled insleepy grass, hear the cool lapse of hourspass, un-til the ¢ jg eo — FP. PRP. = blend and blur —_—in Grant-ches-ter,___in Grant-ches-ter, — inn BP PPP, deoresc.e ritard.40 18 from the“Incantation” cas24) Byron Allegretto moderato (lege iero) When the moon is the glow - worm the grass, k Nors:- Both pedals are used almost constantly. Copyright 1933, Merion Musi, Inc. Brya Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA, ‘All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit,at pitt moto —_* the wisp the mo - rassy ing stars aaa swered owlsaz meno mosso ee slower ae slower Shall my slower up-on thine, with a power andwith a19 43 The Greatest Man (924) . ‘Anne Collins Moderato aahalf boasting and half wistful way) (Un the Buening Sun MY. 1924) (Not too fast or too evenly) (by permission) mp, ‘My teacher said us boys should write a - boutsome great man, so I ——* thought last night ’n thought a - bout—— he - roes and men__ that had —————— pi ten.e rit, a tempo 2 done great things, ‘n then I got —. Tl eee Copyright 1993, Merion Musi, Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in USA, All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit.aa aidt a he - ro 'r an-y-thing— but pubaw! Say! I — piu ten, <> wild - est hoss ’n find min - ners near the moss down by — the creeks 'n he can swim ‘a fish, we ketched fivenewlights, me ‘a himt_ a go eosaS Dad's some hun-ter ton mytMiss Mol - ly Cot-ton-tall—— sure does fly___ > > ? wa Copyright 1935, Merion Music, Inc. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Copyright Renewed International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A, ‘All rights reserved including the right of public performance for profit.BL mp rel pie ten. ea Spoken) Ee = a: i o * ana that bet - ter things might bd bg e B- _ = 4 te v ae one gradually slower es \ ~ tle things talked loud and fo - ble, mp faster SS got in the way; Too man-y rea-ders SSS SS Goa 5 Gee oh =e eee go by the head-lines, par - ty men will =— aye ee # = —- ane i. ag = te