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You don’t have to work very hard to find songs with references to flowers; they crop up in all corners of the musical repertoire, from classical to jazz<\/a><\/strong> and folk music<\/a><\/strong>. But what is surprising is the range of symbolic meanings that have been associated with them. Here are 14 of the best songs inspired by flowers.<\/p> Is this the most famous of songs about flowers? Long before British Airways got hold of it, this duet from the first act of L\u00e9o Delibes\u2019s 1883 tragic opera Lakme <\/em>was widely loved for its gorgeous melody<\/a><\/strong> and luscious orchestration. Sung by the eponymous Lakm\u00e9, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river, it is one of the most intimate and immediately accessible songs in the opera. Which probably explains why it is often performed as a standalone work.<\/p>Best songs about flowers: Delibes, Bizet, Rachmaninov and more<\/h2>
L\u00e9o Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakm\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>