The Complete Flowers of the Months
Sunday 1st December
Eliza Flower’s “Songs of the Months” 1834
The Complete Year on YOUTUBE
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PLUS
A new recording of the December song with our baritone
Gwion Thomas
“Winter Minstrelsy”
Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
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In nature the flower of this month isn’t really a flower!
Holly was a symbol of fertility and protection from witches! These days it is said to bring good fortune, peace and of course adds joy to the Christmas celebrations.
YouTube Recordings of the Songs of the Months have been released online each month throughout 2024.
The composer of each of the 12 songs is Eliza Flower (1803 – 1846), who set poetry provided by her close knit circle of literary friends, mainly women, including her sister Sarah Flower Adams. The result is an eclectic mix of songs which vere from romantic to dramatic harmony and from simple beauty to lively humour.
The short editorial introduction explains that each song appeared throughout 1834 in the Monthly Repository – a publication associated with South Place Chapel where Flower’s life and work was based.
