2002

Little Elegy

Text by Elinor Wylie
"Little Elegy" is a setting of a poem by Eleanor Wylie with music by Jonathan Bailey Holland. This setting is scored for high voice and piano and was published in 2002.

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Little Elegy
Aria Minasian, mezzo-soprano; Sara Chiesa, piano1:12

Jonathan Holland

Composer

Elinor Wylie

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2021

Date

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Location

This recording was made possible by a grant from the University of Michigan, as part of the "Black Composer Speaks" Project.

Text

Withouten you
No rose can grow;
No leaf be green
If never seen
Your sweetest face;
No bird have grace
Or power to sing;
Or anything
Be kind, or fair,
And you nowhere.

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jonathanbaileyholland.com/songs/little-elegy