b. 1850d. 1927
Florence Earle Coates
An extremely prolific poet, Florence Earle Coates’s poetry has been set several times by composer Amy Marcy Beach.
Photo: Florence Earle Coates, before 1912, public domain
About
A native of Philadelphia, Coates had almost three hundred poems published, both in America and abroad, during her lifetime. Coates was elected poet laureate of Pennsylvania in 1915. Her poetry is often very heroic, and her later poetry, especially after World War One, praises soldiers and citizens devoted to the protection of liberty. She also was a great lover of flowers, and the imagery in her poetry often draws upon nature and blossoming.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Sheet Music
Four Songs, Op. 56 (high voice)
Amy Beach
Autumn Song (op. 56, no. 1)
Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)
Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)
High
Four Songs, Op. 56 (low voice)
Amy Beach
Autumn Song (op. 56, no. 1)
Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)
Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)
Low