"The Language of Flowers" is an unpublished song from a poem by the American geologist and poet
James Gates Percival, with music written by the English composer
Edward Elgar when he was only fourteen years old.[1]
It is dated 29 May 1872, inscribed "by Edward W. Elgar", with "words by Percival"[2] (at first thought to be Elgar himself) and dedicated "to my sister Lucy on her birthday."
^McVeagh, p.3 "Elgar composed the song 'The Language of Lowers' (1872) when he was not quite fifteen. The verses are by the American poet and botanist, James Gates Percival."
"The Language of Flowers" is an unpublished song from a poem by the American geologist and poet
James Gates Percival, with music written by the English composer
Edward Elgar when he was only fourteen years old.[1]
It is dated 29 May 1872, inscribed "by Edward W. Elgar", with "words by Percival"[2] (at first thought to be Elgar himself) and dedicated "to my sister Lucy on her birthday."
^McVeagh, p.3 "Elgar composed the song 'The Language of Lowers' (1872) when he was not quite fifteen. The verses are by the American poet and botanist, James Gates Percival."