Ricky Ian Gordon
1956 -Ricky Ian Gordon writes vocal music that spans arts songs, opera, and musical theater. In 2001, the New York Times said, “If the music of Ricky Ian Gordon had to be defined by a single quality, it would be the bursting effervescence infusing songs that blithely blur the lines between art song and the high-end Broadway music of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.”
Photo: Ricky Ian Gordon, Promotional Photo, from the Official Website of Ricky Ian Gordon
Songs & Song Collections BY Gordon
(entered to date)
- Afternoon on a Hill
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- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Air
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- Frank O'Hara
- Angel Wings
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- Langston Hughes
- Border Line (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Daybreak in Alabama
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- Langston Hughes
- Delinquent
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- Langston Hughes
- Demand
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- Langston Hughes
- Dream Variations
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- Langston Hughes
- Dream
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- Langston Hughes
- Drum
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- Langston Hughes
- Fewer Words
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- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Genius Child (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs - Song Collection
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- Langston Hughes
- Harlem Night Song
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- Langston Hughes
- A Horse With Wings
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- Ricky Ian Gordon
- A Horse With Wings - Song Collection
- In Time of Silver Rain
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- Langston Hughes
- Janet Underneath the Roses
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- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Joy (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Just Now
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- Marie Howe
- Kid in the Park (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Late Last Night
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- Langston Hughes
- Litany
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- Langston Hughes
- Luck
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- Langston Hughes
- My People (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Night: Four Songs
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- Langston Hughes
- An Old-Fashioned Song
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- John Hollander
- Only Heaven - Song Collection
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- Langston Hughes
- Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)
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- Frank O'Hara
- Port Town
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- Langston Hughes
- Prayer (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- The Red Dress
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- Dorothy Parker
- Song For a Dark Girl
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- Langston Hughes
- Songs of Our Time - Song Collection
- Souvenir
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- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- The Spring and the Fall
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- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Stars
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- Langston Hughes
- Strange Hurt: Long Version (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Strange Hurt: Short Version (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- The Light Comes On By Itself
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- Frank O'Hara
- To Be Somebody (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- Troubled Woman (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes
- What Shall We Remember?
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- Ricky Ian Gordon
- When Sue Wears Red
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- Langston Hughes
- White Haired Woman
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- Ricky Ian Gordon
- Will There Really Be a Morning?
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- Emily Dickinson
- Winter Moon (in Genius Child: A Cycle of 10 Songs)
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- Langston Hughes

