About
The song cycle was commissioned for Bethany Beardslee by the National Endowment for the Arts and was premiered by Beardslee at Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) on June 19, 1978 as part of the Fifth Annual Art Songs Festival.
Songs
Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
I Like to see it lap the miles
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
I know some lonely Houses off the road
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
There came a Wind like a Bugle
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
Beauty—be not caused—It is
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
The Wind—tapped like a tired Man
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
These are the days when Birds come back
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
The Heart asks—Pleasure first
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
What if I say I shall not wait!
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
If I’m lost—now
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
The Loneliness One dare not sound
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
Under the Light, yet under
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
She bore it till the simple veins
George Perle
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Thirteen Dickinson Songs
Sheet Music
Thirteen Dickinson Songs
Composer(s): George Perle
Song(s): 1. Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower
2. I Like to see it lap the miles
3. I know some lonely Houses off the road
4. There came a Wind like a Bugle
5. Beauty—be not caused—It is
6. The Wind—tapped like a tired Man
7. These are the days when Birds come back
8. The Heart asks—Pleasure first
9. What if I say I shall not wait!
10. If I’m lost—now
11. The Loneliness One dare not sound
12. Under the Light, yet under
13. She bore it till the simple veins
Voice Type: Soprano
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