Miriam Gideon's compositions are freely atonal, in a style sometimes referred to as "atonal expressionism," but still lyrical and full of dramatic tension. Gideon's songs also display a fascination with language. She often sets a poem in its original language and in translation in the same song.
Songs & Song Collections BY Gideon
(entered to date)
- Around My Neck an Amulet
- Text:
- Samuel Menashe
- Autumn
- Text:
- Walter De la Mare
- Black Boy
- Text:
- Norman Rosten
- Know the World
- Text:
- Archibald MacLeish
- The Linden Branch
- Text:
- Archibald MacLeish
- My Caliban Creature
- Text:
- Norman Rosten
- My Heart is like a Singing Bird
- Text:
- Christina Rossetti
- Prologue
- Text:
- Anne Bradstreet
- She Weeps Over Rahoon
- Text:
- James Joyce
- The Shooting Starres Attend Thee - Song Collection
- The Snow Fall
- Text:
- Archibald MacLeish
- Spirit Above the Dust - Song Collection
- The Two Trees
- Text:
- Archibald MacLeish
- Wing'd Hour - Song Collection
