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About the Song
Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer (1864) is one of the composer's most memorable ballads.
About this recording
Thomas Hampson from American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster with David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason, Jay Ungar (Angel Records, #54621).
Sheet Music
Beautiful Dreamer sheet music
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About the Song
Perhaps one of America’s most recognizable folk tunes, the origins of Shenandoah are not so easily deciphered.
About this recording
Thomas Hampson. Recorded at the Library of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, October 2003. Craig Rutenberg, piano. Words & music trad./arr. Clifford Shaw.
Print Music
Shenandoah print music
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About the Song
Burleigh's Ethiopia Saluting the Colors (1915), to a text by Walt Whitman, is a dramatic account of a Civil War encounter.
About this recording
Thomas Hampson. Recorded at the Library of Congress, December 7, 2004. Wolfram Rieger, piano.
Sheet Music
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors sheet music