MELODEON

MELODEON, a chamber group founded by Artis Wodehouse in 2011 presents American music from the 19th and early 20th C. with special emphasis on the antique and vintage keyboards in Wodehouse’s collection.  Wodehouse has been joined by Marti Newland, soprano, George Spitzer, baritone,  Andrew Sun, pianist and guest artists Stephen Oosting, tenor and Lori McCann, soprano:

Artis Wodehouse, Andrew Sun, Marti Newland, George Spitzer

MELODEON Repertoire performed January, 2011 through February, 2015

Felix Arndt (1889-1916)

• An Operatic Nightmare, Desecration Rag No. 2, A Rag Classic  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc9WPClSS5o

Ernst Bacon (1898-1990)
Songs for low voice and piano:

• The Commonplace
• Grand Is the Seen
• How Still the Bells
• Omaha
• It’s Coming-the Postponeless Creature
• Brady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YTw9dUXtk

Arthur Bird (1856-1923)
Music for the American Harmonium, complete

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kReRdtZXirs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi6yjMzjKeU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9jT980xLk

William Bolcom (b. 1938) song cycles

• From the Diary of Sally Hemings for soprano and piano (text Sandra Seaton) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOF8LTYa_4
• Laura Sonnets (text Petrarch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSjnD5YRBh0

Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) songs

• Lord, I Just Can’t Keep from Cryin’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-txGSvcIMA
• Dem Bones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhSWo54eYU
• He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) songs

• Ethiopia Saluting the Colors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbiTIF7F4Vs
• Mammy’s li’l Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awZxLjcD0yk
• One Year, 1914-15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2jTSJqvg0
• Tide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PlZMNkD1Is
• Way o’ the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c21LpGVzpAw

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951) Gitanjali song cycle, poetry Rabindranath Tagore

• The Day is No More
• When I bring to you colour’d toys
• On the day when death will knock at thy door
• The sleep that flits on Baby’s Eyes
• I am like a Remnant of a Cloud of Autumn
• On the Seashore of Endless Worlds
• Light, My Light

George Chadwick (1854-1931) songs:

• Larry O’Toole for baritone and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUHVcpmG6Y
• The Stranger-man for baritone and piano

Will Marion Cook (1869-1944) songs

• Songs for soprano and piano
• Exhortation, a Negro Sermon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXD-YcfQI70
• Rain Song
• Just the Same
• Swing Along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3QRvM8_PEI

Arthur Corri-Clifton (1784-1832)

• Absent Friends for tenor, baritone and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErVdF2SXewQ

Charles d’Albert (1809-1886)

• Edinburgh Quadrille, Scottish Dances for 1864 Melodeon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpq1kDUb5A

Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)

• Love Tryptych from Margaret Garner, text Toni Morrison for soprano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfS72SaggCc

Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)

• Indian Songs Op. 32  for baritone and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mENkA8p3pw

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)

• An Irish Folksong for soprano and piano

Stephen Foster (1826-1864) songs and piano solos

• Oh! Susanna
• Some Folks
• Linger in Blissful Repose
• Soiree Polka
• Gentle Annie/Village Bells Polka
• Beautiful Dreamer
• Nelly Bly Quadrille
• Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?

George (1898-1937) and Ira (1896-1983) Gershwin songs and piano solos

• Songs from Strike Up the Band and Let ‘Em Eat Cake
• Wintergreen for President
• Mine
• Blue, Blue, Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbfbC3ivLTI
• Who Cares? From the Gershwin Songbook for solo piano
• Union Square

Eugene Gigout (1844-1925)

• Romanza for the Mason & Hamlin Liszt Organ

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) songs

• My Only Love, Goodbye! For soprano and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Xis715x0s
• My charmer for baritone and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdlECys3UmU

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

• The Immovable Do for harmonium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyF-mvZr2Ig

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920)

• Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan for baritone and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGSXVJVnITw

Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861)

• The Moan of the Forest, or the Cherokees’ Lament for piano and narrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7x8E-utcuw
• Toccatina Capricciosa for solo piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfSMvjsp2g
• Ode to Jenny Lind for solo piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCFczyRjiU

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

• In the Mornin’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37e90p9ffVQ
• General William Booth Enters Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg581onJjec
• The Indians
• The Songs Our Fathers Loved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCT6iRQpBA8
• Memories Part I and Part II
• When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVzy-qWyOU
• Charlie Rutlage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01uqJb3ij9U

• Adagio in F for organ
• Burlesque Exercise in C Minor for organ
• Burlesque Harmonizations of “London Bridge” for organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135VB0pmAAM

Eva Jessye (1895-1992) Five Traditional Afro-American Spirituals

• An’ I Cry
• Bles’ My Soul An’ Gone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DOZTaQroOI
• I Been ‘Buked An’ I Been Scorned
• So I Can Write My Name
• I’m A Po’ Lil’ Orphan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdH3AiOPKiA

Hal Johnson (1889-1970)
Afro-American Spirituals arr. for soprano and piano

• His Name So Sweet
• Witness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VuSSPVg0Ow
• Let’s Have a Union
• Take My Mother Home

Scott Joplin Treemonisha Suite 1868-1917)
arr. Artis Wodehouse for soprano, baritone and piano

• Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyW4AvYo28k
• The community joins in a ring dance:
  1.  We’re Goin’ Around
• Monisha finds the little baby under a tree:
  2.  The Sacred Tree
• The song of the conjurors:
  3.  Superstition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdPq_LR5Bc
• In the deep forest:
  4.  Frolic of the Bears
• Remus rescues Treemonisha:
  5.  The Rescue
• Laborers in the field:
  6.  We will Rest Awhile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8wbO8OfWXI
• Prelude to Act 3
• Ned and Monisha long for the return of their child:
  7.  I want to see my child
  8.  Treemonisha’s Return
• The conjurors are chastened:
  9.  Wrong is Never Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WrhSFnC2TI
• Treemonisha is called to lead her people:
  10. We will Trust You as our Leader
• The community joins hands in affirmation of a new beginning:
  11. A Real Slow Drag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XozDmQmVQ

Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972)

• Twilight for solo piano

Thurlow Lieurance (1878-1963)

• By the Waters of Minnetonka for baritone, soprano and piano

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) songs and solo piano pieces

• To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQRZhyGMxkw
• The Robin Sings in the Apple-tree
• Starlight, from Sea Pieces
• JS Bach Courante, transcribed and arranged by Edward MacDowell
• Constancy
• JS Bach Menuet in G, transcribed and arranged by Edward MacDowell
• JS Bach Menuet in F, transcribed and arranged by Edward MacDowell
• The Sea
• At an Old Trysting Place
• A Deserted Farm
• From an Indian Village

Artie Matthews (1888-1958)

• Pastime Rag No. 2 for piano

Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) songs and piano 4-hands duets

• The Rosary for baritone and piano
• Three Dances Op. 6 for Piano 4-hands
• 1. Valse Caprice
• 2. Country Dance
• 3. Mazurka

Horatio Parker (1863-1919)

• Urbs Syron aurea from Hora Novissima for tenor and reed organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUPrg7OQ6BE

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

• Here’s One for soprano and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjYE0YTMCs
• From the Hearts of Women song cycle for soprano and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPJLetrqlo
• Scherzo from the African-American Symphony for duo piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLV9N0LDt-g
• Summerland for duo piano

Dana Suesse (1909-1987)

• My Silent Love/Jazz Nocturne for baritone and piano
• Scherzette piano solo
• Danza a Media Noche for two pianos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA9JzWay4yY
• The Night is Young and You’re So Beautiful for baritone and piano
• Midnight in Gramercy Square piano solo
• Yours for a Song for baritone and piano
• 110^th Street Rumba for two pianos
• Swampbird piano solo
• Serenade to a Skyscraper piano solo

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Selections from Threepenny Opera arr Artis Wodehouse for harmonium and piano

• Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_wN5ImRTY
• Tango Ballad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUgFnj41So
• Solomon’s Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLizQRP7SmU
• Mack the Knife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5hDz56t1_Q

“Blind” Tom Bethune Wiggins (1849-1908)

• Battle of Manassas for solo piano and narration
• Rain Song
• Wilt Thou Bring My Baby Home?

Lazar Weiner (1897-1982)

Yiddish Art Songs and Piano pieces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpAEMfUld98

• Prelude from Three Pieces for Piano
• O’er the Fields
• Yosl the Fiddler
• A Nigun
• Monotone
• Passacaglia from Calculations for solo piano
• A Beard
• Slow and dreamy from Calculations
• I Believe

Miscellaneous

19th C.  Latin American solo piano music

• Por Que, Eh? /Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh
• Ilusiones Perdidas/ Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh
• La Quejosita/ Manuel Saumell

Operatic Novelties

• Poor Butterfly – Golden/Hubbell (1916)
• A Bird in a Gilded Cage – Lamb/von Tilzer (1900) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWvmxsCiixk
• When Priscilla Tries to Reach High C – Mahoney/von Tilzer (1916) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y79I_CVqGMk

Songs from America’s Gilded Age

• On The Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897) Paul Dresser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VSELhkzec
• The Angel’s Serenade (ca. 1880s)   Attributed, Battman
• A Bird in a Gilded Cage (1900) Arthur Lamb/Harry von Tilzer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWvmxsCiixk
• I Don’t Care (1905) Jean Lennox/Harry Sutton
• Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis (1904) Andrew Sterling/Kerry Mills

Scottish music for voice and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzP2PQBVJY

• Seven Ecossaises/Franz Schubert
• Bruce’s Address to his Army/ Hey, Johnnie Cope/What’ll Be King But Charlie?
• Lord Ronald                                                            `
• Ecossaise Op. 72 No. 4/2/Chopin
• My Heart’s in the Highland/The Blue Bells of Scotland
• Ecossaise Op. 72 No. 4/1/Chopin
• My Luv Is Like a Red, Red Rose
• Ecossaise in F/Franz Schubert
• O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast/Felix Mendelssohn
• Ecossaise Op. 72 No. 5/3/Chopin
• Ecossaise in A minor /Franz Schubert
• Barbara Allen
• Flow Gently, Sweet Afton/Afton Water
• Eccosaise in E-flat/Beethoven/Busoni

Music for antique square piano and foot pump melodeon

• Fantasy in E-flat Major  (ca. 1840) Charles Zeuner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmV9Rk3Jto
• Song Without Words (to Jenny Lind) (1850) Anthony Philip Heinrich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCFczyRjiU
• Prelude in A (ca. 1810) Anthony Corri/Arthur Clifton
• Lee Rigg (ca. 1787) Alexander Reinagle

Creole songs and piano solo music

• A Toi Ma Belle, Etan Patat La Cuit/Auror Prader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHzkOPCs-8M
• Pauv Piti Momzel Zizi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4gJIwnljU
• L’Ariere-Pensee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g4Q-b7YMU4
• Salangadou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFqbncH8-OA
• Serenade Acadienne
• Chanson de Batalier
• Zelime, To Quitte La Plaine/Remon
• Dans Le Hamoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Vj9c-kKmQ
• Chere Mo L’Aime Toi/Belle Layotte/ M. Banjo

19^th Century American Synagogue music

• Synagogen-Melodieen No. 1 Op. 47 for Harmonium/Louis Lewandowski
• Eili, Eili – voice, violin, harmonium/Jacob Sandler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KY1vJPPWF4
• Consolation 2 for Harmonium, Op. 44/Louis Lewandowski
• Consolation 9 for Harmonium, Op. 44/Louis Lewandowski