Songs of the Seasons
Four songs for high, medium or low voice, set to texts by Bliss Carman
Four songs set to texts by Canadian-American poet Bliss Carman (1861-1920), vibrantly capturing the changing moods and impressions of the year. The cycle is published by Plangere, and is available for high, medium or low voice.
There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood--
Touch of manner, hint of mood;
And my heart is like a rhyme,
With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.
-- A Vagabond Song, Bliss Carman
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