Golden Flower, The Item Info
- Title:
- Golden Flower, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
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My long-time friend Bill Black, who lives on Cape Cod, would often send tunes to my wife Sandy that he had composed in her honour. Bill's compositions greatly cheered my dear wife during her illness. She particularly liked his tune 'How Are You, Sandy', or as Bill re-named it, 'Sandy Connolly's', a jig featured elsewhere in this collection played by yours truly.
I know that Sandy would be proud of this tune, 'The Golden Flower' (a translation of her full name, 'Chrysandra'), which Bill composed after she left us to go to her eternal reward. As soon as I heard it, I knew that I wanted it to be the first tune in this collection. I was moved to tears by Bill's gift.
The other gift associated with Bill's composition is this hauntingly beautiful performance of 'The Golden Flower' by our special friends Hilary and Duncan Cumming on violin and piano. Hilary and Duncan played at our wedding at Saint Anne's Church in Lowell, Massachusetts. I somehow feel that their playing of Bill Black's gift has eased Sandy's journey to the Land of Peace where she will have pain no more. She is watching over all of us. Thank you Bill, Hilary, and Duncan. - Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Cumming, Hilary Walther Cumming, Duncan J. Black, Bill
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk music Violin music Violin and piano music Airs Walter, Chrysandra
- Playlist:
- Playlist 01
- Collection:
- Airs
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Cumming, Hilary Walther ;Cumming, Duncan J. ;Black, Bill, "Golden Flower, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/394.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/394.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.