1990
Spring is Purple Jewelry
Composed by 
James Aikman
James Aikman Text by Anonymous
Song Collection
Spring is Purple Jewelry is a song cycle by James Aikman setting texts by anonymous authors.
About
The second song of the cycle, “Spring is Purple Jewelry,” was a winner of the G. Schirmer – 1995 Young Americans’ Art Song Competition and received its premiere on July 16, 1996 at Schoenberg Hall (UCLA).
The song cycle was premiered by Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and Gilbert Kalish, piano.