| Other author/creator | Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. We should not mind so small a flower. |
| Other author/creator | Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. Daffodils. |
| Other author/creator | Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. One perfect rose. |
| Other author/creator | Kenyon, Jane. Peonies at dusk. |
| Other author/creator | Hall, Donald, 1928-2018. Her garden. |
| Other author/creator | Dos Santos, Telmo. Afterlife with lilacs. |
| Uniform title | Chansons de fleurs |
| Variant title |
8 chansons de fleurs |
| Portion of title |
Chansons de fleurs |
| Contents |
We should not mind so small a flower / [text by] Emily Dickinson -- I wandered lonely as a cloud / [text by] William Wordsworth -- The tulips / [text by] Ricky Ian Gordon -- One perfect rose / [text by] Dorothy Parker -- Peonies at dusk / [text by] Jane Kenyon -- Her garden / [text by] Donald Hall -- Afterlife with lilacs / [text by] Telmo Dos Santos -- Play, Orpheus / [text by] Ricky Ian Gordon. |
| Abstract |
While the title is French for "Eight Flower Songs," the texts are all in English. The poems' flowers metaphorically evoke fragrance, love and loss, life and death, rebirth and regrowth. Perhaps the texture and beauty of Gordon's music are themselves French. The 20-minute song cycle draws on poems from Wordsworth to Dorothy Parker, as well as from contemporary poets including the composer himself. |
| General note | For soprano voice and piano. |
| General note | Commissioned by So-Chung Shinn and Tony Lee. |
| General note | Includes composer's note and program notes in English. |
| General note | Duration: 20 minutes. |
| ISBN | 1491134674 |
| ISBN | 9781491134672 |
| UPC |
680160685264 |
| Publisher number | 111-40289 Theodore Presser Company |
