longfellow songs, op. 2a
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Melissa Baber, soprano
Nan McSwain, piano 
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More a collection than a song cycle, these early songs were grouped together by their common author, as were the Emersonian Hymns. However, both are cycles in the sense that the order of presentation is now fixed. The Longfellow Songs are of medium difficulty for both the singer and the pianist. The two most popular songs are "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"--probably the most emotionally mature of the collection--and "Snow-flakes," whose choral version was Baber's first published piece.
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