Madonna of the evening flowers
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Madonna of the evening flowers (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Celius Dougherty |
| Author(s): | Amy Lowell |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Admiring; Affection; Alone; Baskets; Beauty; Bells; Blue; Books; Boundaries; Burning; Calling; Canterbury; Columbines; Contentment; Cool; Couples; Cutting; Day; Descriptions; Evening; Finding; Flames; Flowers; Gardens; Happiness; Hearts; Houses; Imagery; Immediate; Kneeling; Larkspurs; Loneliness; Longing; Loud; Love; Missing; Nature; Oaks; Pale; Peace; Pealing; Peonies; Pieris Japonica; Plants; Playing; Polished; Pure; Questioning; Quiet; Recounting; Roses; Rustling; Searching; Shining; Silver; Smiling; Solitude; Spires; Spraying; Standing; Steeples; Stillness; Sudden; Sun; Sweet; Te Deum; The Madonna; Thimbles; Tired; Tranquility; Tunes; Vignette; White; Wind; Wondering; Working; Worshipping |
| First Line | All day long I have been working (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1949 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22490 |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Imagism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/2DvGu5R7OpIWVVD1z3XVf0?si=b6b44fba5e9c48be |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Range: | C4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb Minor (Search) |
| Notes | The composer thought of this song as a dramatic scene, with “free recitative developing slowly, and gradually taking the form of an aria.” The Gregorian chant “Te Deum” is employed. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (Search) |