"Lisa M. Nuske" wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I am in the process of putting together some material for a recital that I > hope to do within the first term or two of grad school. It will be called > "Hanging Gardens", and I am looking for music having specifically to do with > flowers and gardens. > > I have gone through my Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Faure, and Debussy in my > quest - does anyone have any suggestions of repertoire from other composers > that would fit this theme?
There are some nice folk songs which must have been arranged many times. I think of "I sowed the seeds of love" which was arranged by cecil Sharp, but I'm sure a search will show up other versions. And I did "To people who have gardens" (For day's work and week's work as I go up and down, there are many gardens all about the town) arranged by Betty Roe. Can't find my copy (ah, c'mon, it's only 6 months since my latest move, and 6 months since the previous one, you expect me to have opened all my boxes yet?) but I think it was from the collection called A Garland of Folksongs.
Has anyone suggested Le Violette by Scarlatti? Das Veilchen by Mozart?
And not exactly _about_ gardens, but taking place in a garden, if it's not too far off your brief, there's The Fuchsia Tree by Roger Quilter, which is short but very beautiful.
And again slightly off-track, Tchaikovsky's Legend, about the boy Jesus growing the roses in his garden and the taunting children crowning him with the thorns after he had allowed them to take the flowers.
cheers
Linda
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