Nelle Richmond Eberhart

Nelle Richmond Eberhart (August 28, 1871 – November 15, 1944) was an American librettist, poet, and teacher.

45" (which included "From the Land of Sky-Blue Water") was his first commercial success in 1909, after the noted soprano Nordica performed the song in Cleveland.

Eberhart wrote the libretto for The Garden of Mystery, music by Cadman, which was performed in 1925 at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Her interest in historical drama inspired their A Witch of Salem: An American Opera (1926), music by Cadman.

She also wrote several Christian hymns ("The Dawn of Peace Resplendent Breaks," "Give Praise," "O Come and Adore Him"),[6] and general sentimental art songs ("I Hear a Thrush at Eve," "Lilacs," "Memories," "The Moon Behind the Cottonwood").

[7][8] Eberhart also published poetry in literary reviews and general interest publications, such as Granite Monthly and Munsey's Magazine.

Mignon dedicated her seventh novel (The White Cockatoo, 1933) to Nelle Richmond Eberhart and her collaborator, composer Charles Wakefield Cadman.