1995
Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs
Composed by 
Ricky Ian Gordon
Ricky Ian Gordon Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Song Collection
Written for high voice and piano, Gordon has set ten poems of Langston Hughes in this late twentieth-century song cycle.
Songs
Winter Moon1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesGenius Child1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesKid in the Park1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesTo Be Somebody1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesTroubled Woman1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesStrange Hurt: Long Version1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesStrange Hurt: Short Version1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesPrayer1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesBorder Line1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesMy People1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston HughesJoy1995 · Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 SongsRicky Ian GordonLangston Hughes
Sheet Music
Genius Child
Ricky Ian Gordon
1. Winter Moon
2. Genius Child
3. Kid in the Park
4. To Be Somebody
5. Troubled Woman
6. Strange Hurt: Long Version
7. Strange Hurt: Short Version
8. Prayer
9. Border Line
10. My People
11. Joy
2. Genius Child
3. Kid in the Park
4. To Be Somebody
5. Troubled Woman
6. Strange Hurt: Long Version
7. Strange Hurt: Short Version
8. Prayer
9. Border Line
10. My People
11. Joy