Songs of the Open Road
Five Inspirations from Walt Whitman
for Solo Flute
Daniel Dorff (composer), Walt Whitman (author)
Instrumentation
- Flute
SKU
114-42363
Whitman’s epic “Song of the Open Road” is an inspiring metaphor encouraging us to find and explore our own paths, free of anchors or artificial boundaries. Dorff uses 5 brief passages from the poem as movement titles, setting the stage for a suite of sometimes-edgy soliloquies in which the music (and the flutist) explores these open roads. A live performance by Amy Porter is available at https://youtu.be/n0jIcZOhBe4
SKU: 114-42363
Duration: 00:11:00
Text Source: Walt Whitman, "Song of the Open Road"
Commission Notice: Commissioned by Flute Pro Shop
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Accompanied: Unaccompanied Solo
UPC: 680160689187
ISBN: 9781491136447
Duration: 00:11:00
Text Source: Walt Whitman, "Song of the Open Road"
Commission Notice: Commissioned by Flute Pro Shop
Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Accompanied: Unaccompanied Solo
UPC: 680160689187
ISBN: 9781491136447
1. Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road
2. However calm these waters we must not anchor here
3. Strong and content I travel the open road
4. I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines
5. Will you travel with me?