Larsen's song cycle is based on the novel by the American writer, Willa Cather, and the songs recount Jim Burden's memories of Ántonia Shimerda during their shared experiences of the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American Midwest.

I. Landscape - From the Train m.23, RH piano: the "and" of beat 1 should be top-space E-flat

III. Landscape II - Winter m.18, RH piano: the F should be F# m.27, RH piano: place mid-measure treble clef before beat 3, as in m.28

VI. Antonia in the Field m.24, notes on "moment" are Gnat, Fnat m.33, RH piano: the G should be Gb