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A Visit with Sarah Arneson

… voice and violin arrangement. This aria is indirectly mentioned by Thea in The Song of the Lark , since she often … Gynt” — referencing Norwegian immigrants as in Cather’s O Pioneers! Dvorak’s “Songs my Mother Taught Me” — Czech … Massenet’s “Meditation for Violin from Thais” — One of Ours includes a direct reference to this famous violin …
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Novels

… Novels If you are an educator and would like to contribute a … Cather's Red Cloud for your group. Please contact us at 402-746-2653 for more information. One of Ours Claude Leaves … Document The Song of the Lark Review Questions 137.76 KB O Pioneers! Alexandra Tames the Wild Land "Bergson had spent …
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The Bel Canto Duo: Four Cather Tableaux

… A Lost Lady , "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," April Twilights and Other Poems, and One of Ours , publications that defined …
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Selected Shorts: Ken Burns Presents Willa Cather’s America

… Image A special and collaborative evening of celebration! Image Image Image THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2023 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT Image Cather at … and the critically acclaimed novels  One of Ours ,  O Pioneers! ,  The Song of the Lark , and  My Ántonia . This …
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Music in Willa Cather's Writing

… Schumann-Heink, so her performance of “Wiegenlied” was chosen for this list.  Novel's Progression Brings Music to …
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68th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… , which celebrates its publication centenary in 2023, and other texts that Cather published in 1923, such as her revised book of poetry,  April Twilights and Other Poems .  The conference will begin the …
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Press Room

… D.C. Willa Cather (1873-1947) is an author of complex American stories, Cather wrote from a perspective and in a … individual in pre-Civil War Virginia; the impact of the Great War; the convergence of Indigenous, Hispanic, and … Involved Support Our Work The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to …
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Country Tour

… in it, the whole country seemed somehow, to be running."  — My Ántonia The Country Tour highlights twenty historic sites … of the Webster County countryside, including settings from  My Ántonia, O Pioneers!, One of Ours,  short stories …
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Organization History

… work; the  St. Juliana Catholic Church , of the novel  My Ántonia  the  Grace Episcopal Church , which houses a … Farmstead, the rural setting for the final scenes in  My Ántonia . A pivotal event was the 1962 dedication of the … gifts of the  J.L Miner House , a primary setting in  My Ántonia ,  as well as the First Baptist Church, which …
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Honors and Achievements

… of Arts and Letters (1944) Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters  Received a William Dean Howells … Michigan, and Nebraska The Library of Congress included My Ántonia on its list of 100 novels that shaped America …
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