Songs of the Open Road for Solo Flute

From the Publisher

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.

Content text:    
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road
However calm these waters we must not anchor here
Strong and content I travel the open road
I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines
Will you travel with me?

Performance duration (approx): 12'00

Contents

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?

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Flute