Early Millay Songs
Fifteen Songs for Voice and Piano
Texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Published by Theodore Presser
Duration: 45 min.
Songs
1. Souvenir
2. Recuerdo
3. Afternoon on a Hill
4. Beat Me a Crown
5. God's World
6. Inland
7. If I Should Learn
8. Buck in the Snow
9. The Spring and the Fall
10. Thursday
11. You Loved Me Not at All
12. The Gardener in Haying-Time
2. Recuerdo
3. Afternoon on a Hill
4. Beat Me a Crown
5. God's World
6. Inland
7. If I Should Learn
8. Buck in the Snow
9. The Spring and the Fall
10. Thursday
11. You Loved Me Not at All
12. The Gardener in Haying-Time
13. O Earth (On the Poisoning of the Rhine, November 1986)
14. To the Maid of Orleans
15. Beautiful Dove
14. To the Maid of Orleans
15. Beautiful Dove
Notes
Gordon's deep connection with Millay's poetry began in childhood, when his sister would read it to him as he fell asleep. This affinity between composer and poet blossoms here in a warmly expressive collections of pastoral scenes, playful encounters, romantic longings, and bittersweet reflections on love and loss.