© by Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
One perfect rose
Language: English
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met [ ... ]
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First published in Life, January 4, 1923
First published in Life, January 4, 1923
Authorship:
- by Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), "One perfect rose", appears in Enough Rope, first published 1926, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "One perfect rose", published 1959 [ medium voice, woodwind quintet, and piano ], from Songs of Perfect Propriety, no. 8, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "One perfect rose ", published 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 3, in Art Songs by American Women Composers, Vol. 14, Southern Music Co.; note: this setting can be found also in Seven Somewhat Silly Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "One perfect rose ", 1996, published 2000, first performed 1997 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Somewhat Silly Songs, no. 6, note: this setting can be found also in Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stewart Goodyear , "One perfect rose", 2004 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 77