Charles Ives - The South Wind

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When gently blows the South Wind
First through the Northern Wood
With eagerness he goeth
Where long a tree has stood

He lifts the leafy cov'ring
That lies close at its base
And there with sweetest welcome
Looks up his old love's face

Beneath the snow she waits him
And keeps her leave's brave dress
Her fair blossom opens
At his first caress

Each year the flower greets him
For him, for him alone
Her heart with love's beauty
Through her brief day has shone

Release Date: January 01, 1922

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"Charles Ives - The South Wind" is a beautiful and poetic song that captures the essence of the gentle South Wind as it breathes life into the Northern Wood. The lyrics describe the South Wind's eagerness as it uncovers the hidden beauty of a tree that has long stood in the wood. With a sweet welcome, the South Wind reveals the tree's leafy covering and admires its old love's face.

Underneath the snow, the tree waits patiently for the South Wind, keeping its brave dress of leaves ready to bloom at the first touch of the wind's caress. Each year, the tree's blossoms open in greeting, shining with love's beauty for the South Wind alone. This heartfelt song beautifully captures the cycle of nature and the enduring connection between the wind and the trees.

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Arguably the first modernist composer, Charles Ives (1874-1954) was a solitary figure who composed in obscurity for most of his life. The son of a U.S. Army bandleader, Ives enjoyed a wildly successful career as an insurance executive. In his spare time, he composed music in a wide variety of genres that combined popular song, church hymns, military marches, and European art music in ways that used tone clusters, polytonality, and other techniques decades before they were adopted by European composers.