b. 1878d. 1967
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg, a native of Illinois, is most famous for his poem "Chicago." Not only did Sandburg win three Pulizer Prizes (for his works The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg, Corn Huskers, and for his biography of Abraham Lincoln entitled Abraham Lincoln: The War Years), but he also won a Grammy Award for his 1959 recording of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portraits with the New York Philharmonic.
The recording of "The Hangman at Home," provided in the audio playlist below, is made possible through a collaboration with SongFest. The performers are Heather Reithmeier and Matthew Brower, and the performance took place on June 19, 2010 at Pepperdine University.
Photo Credit: The Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association Web Site (www.sandburg.org)
Audio
“The Hangman at Home” (from “Dove Sta Amore”)
Heather Reithmeier (soprano) & Matthew Brower (piano)2:57
“Theme In Yellow” (from “Theme In Yellow”)
Katherine Eberle (mezzo-soprano) & Robin Guy (piano)1:24
About
Sandburg’s poetry has been set by many American composers. Sandburg was also a folk singer, and many popular and folk bands have been influenced by his work, including Bob Dylan and Bread and Roses.
Sandburg published one of the first collections of American folk music in 1927. Entitled The American Songbag, it included 280 folk songs, many of them printed for the first time.
Related Information
The Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association
sandburg.orgCarl Sandburg Web Site
carlsandburg.netSongFest Website
songfest.us/videoModern American Poetry
modernamericanpoetry.org/poet/carl-sandburgSongs
Dove Sta Amore1998John MustoJames Agee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carl SandburgEcho’s Songs1983Daron Aric HagenAnonymous, William Blake, E. E. Cummings, Benjamin Jonson, Edgar Allan Poe, Kenneth Rexroth, Carl Sandburg, Gertrude Stein, Sara Teasdale, Walt WhitmanFive Songs1929Ruth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgFog1948Roy HarrisCarl SandburgGreat Memories1950 · Singing EarthElinor Remick WarrenCarl SandburgHome Thoughts1929 · Five SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgIllinois Farmer1998Daniel Steven CraftsCarl SandburgIn Tall Grass1932 · Three SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgJoy1929 · Five SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgLoam1929 · Five SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgLost1983 · Echo’s SongsDaron Aric HagenCarl SandburgMaybe1998 · Dove Sta AmoreJohn MustoCarl SandburgOmaha1942 · Six SongsErnst BaconCarl SandburgPrayers of Steel1933 · Three SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgRat Riddles1930 · Three SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgSea Chest1998 · Dove Sta AmoreJohn MustoCarl SandburgSinging Earth1950Elinor Remick WarrenCarl SandburgSix Songs1942Ernst BaconCarl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, Emily DickinsonSnatch of Sliphorn Jazz1974 · Patterns in BlueSimon SargonCarl SandburgSummer Stars1950 · Singing EarthElinor Remick WarrenCarl SandburgSunsets1929 · Five SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgTawny Days1950 · Singing EarthElinor Remick WarrenCarl SandburgThe Hangman at Home1998 · Dove Sta AmoreJohn MustoCarl SandburgThe Long Shadow of Lincoln1994Stephen PaulusCarl SandburgThe Wind Sings Welcome1950 · Singing EarthElinor Remick WarrenCarl SandburgTheme In Yellow1989Juliana HallRobert Frost, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl SandburgThree Songs1930Ruth Crawford SeegerCarl SandburgUnder the Harvest Moon1940Charles NaginskiCarl SandburgWhite Moon1929 · Five SongsRuth Crawford SeegerCarl Sandburg
Records
2012
The Opera America Songbook–Volume 1
Mark Campbell, Richard Danielpour, Daron Aric Hagen, Lowell Liebermann, Amy Lowell, John Musto, Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson
Sheet Music
Echo’s Songs
Daron Aric Hagen
1. Never Pain to Tell Thy Love
2. I Am Not Yours
3. A Dream Within a Dream
4. Echo's Song
5. I Am Rose
6. Lost
7. Why Did You Go
8. Since You Went Away
9. Thou Wouldst Be Loved
10. Look Down, Fair Moon
11. The Mild Mother
2. I Am Not Yours
3. A Dream Within a Dream
4. Echo's Song
5. I Am Rose
6. Lost
7. Why Did You Go
8. Since You Went Away
9. Thou Wouldst Be Loved
10. Look Down, Fair Moon
11. The Mild Mother
Five Songs
Ruth Crawford Seeger
1. Home Thoughts
2. White Moon
3. Joy
4. Loam
5. Sunsets
2. White Moon
3. Joy
4. Loam
5. Sunsets
Six Songs
Ernst Bacon
1. The Banks of the Yellow Sea
2. Ancient Christmas Carol
3. Omaha
4. No Dew Upon the Grass
5. A Clear Midnight
6. World, Take Good Notice
2. Ancient Christmas Carol
3. Omaha
4. No Dew Upon the Grass
5. A Clear Midnight
6. World, Take Good Notice
Selected Songs by Elinor Remick Warren
Elinor Remick Warren
Includes Singing Earth, If You Have Forgotten, Lonely Roads, Sailing Homeward
Three Songs
Ruth Crawford Seeger
1. Rat Riddles
2. Prayers of Steel
3. In Tall Grass
2. Prayers of Steel
3. In Tall Grass