- original music and arrangements -
"When the well runs dry, we will know the worth of water."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
Water - Babbling Brook
Water is the essence of life. What would nature be without it? The inspiration for this soundscape came when hiking in the woods.* It is always mesmerizing sitting by a brook watching the water flow by. It's in motion yet incredibly tranquil and hypnotizing.
Music
* The babbling brook audio was extracted from videos taken from streamside visits (Wilton Woods and Pequonnock River). The music is purposefully ethereal and seems to ooze into each successive phrase and melodic motif like a water in a free-flowing stream. There are actually four melodies in this soundscape from water-related songs, can you recognize them?
written and recorded - May 2019
© Richard Coffey - All Rights Reserved
© Richard Coffey - All Rights Reserved
Alplaus Kill - Charlton, NY
Photo: Rich Coffey
Photo: Rich Coffey
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About the "Water" Songs
The melodic motifs were taken from these songs...
- The Waters of March (Águas de Março ) writtin by Tom Jobim
Waters of March - Águas de Março - Elis Regina and Tom
- Down to the River to Pray
Attributed to George H. Allan in the Slave Songbook of 1867 - Ol' Man River - Jerome Kern
- By the Waters of Babylon
Was a 17th century song with words taken from Psalm 137. It was arranged by Lee Hays of The Weavers in the 1940s into a lush round. Don McLean popularized it in the 70s.
About the Photos
- Conde Creek - Charlton, NY
- Noroton River - Woodway Park, Springdale, CT
- Noroton River - Woodway Park, Springdale, CT
- Noroton River - Woodway Park, Springdale, CT
- Pequonnock River - Old Mine Park, Trumbul, CT
- MIanus River, Mianus River Park - Stamford/Greenwich, CT
- Alplaus Kill - Charlton, NY