A Child’s Garden of Dreams

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Composer

1. David Maslanka

Related Works (5)

Parts

1. A Child’s Garden of Dreams: V. An ascent into heaven where pagan dances are being celebrated; and a descent into hell where angels are doing good deeds.
2. A Child’s Garden of Dreams: III. A horde of small animals frightens the dreamer. The animals increase to a tremendous size, and one of them devours the little girl.
3. A Child’s Garden of Dreams: IV. A drop of water is seen as it appears when looked at through a microscope. The girl sees that the drop is full of tree branches. This portrays the origin of the world.
4. A Child’s Garden of Dreams: II. A drunken woman falls into the water and comes out renewed and sober.
5. A Child’s Garden of Dreams: I. There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell.