2002


Unto the Hills: American Songbook III

Composed by George Crumb
Text by

Song Collection


Unto the Hills: American Songbook III bears the subtitle "Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence: A Cycle of Appalachian Songs. The work sets traditional and folk songs for singer, amplified piano, and percussion quartet.

Songs

Unto the Hills: American Songbook III:

1. “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”
2. “All the Pretty Little Horses”
3. “Ten Thousand Miles”
4. “Ev’ry Night When the Sun Goes In”
5. ” Appalachian Epiphany: A Psalm for Sunset and Dusk (Instrumental Interlude)
6. “Down in the Valley – Hush, Little Baby (An Appalachian Lullaby)”
7. “Black, Black Black is the Color”
8. “The Riddle”
9. “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”

Audio

“Black, Black, Black is the Color” (from “Unto the Hills: American Songbook III”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center5:07

George Crumb

Composer

Traditional

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2011

Date

Alice Tully Hall

Location

Sheet Music