Many of his earliest songs remain unpublished;[46] his first published cycle was Flight for Heaven (1950), a setting of nine poems by the lyric poet Robert Herrick, along with a piano interlude.[47] See Henry (1986, pp. 12–14) for an overview on Rorem's early unpublished song cycles. Henry, Leon Austin Jr (1986). The Song Cycles of Ned Rorem: a Technical Survey (MA Thesis). Louisiana State University. Docket 4240. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
Many of his earliest songs remain unpublished;[46] his first published cycle was Flight for Heaven (1950), a setting of nine poems by the lyric poet Robert Herrick, along with a piano interlude.[47] See Henry (1986, pp. 12–14) for an overview on Rorem's early unpublished song cycles. Henry, Leon Austin Jr (1986). The Song Cycles of Ned Rorem: a Technical Survey (MA Thesis). Louisiana State University. Docket 4240. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
Rorem 1967, p. 133: "We were Quakers of the intellectual rather than the puritanical variety" —— (1967). The New York Diary. New York: George Braziller. OCLC419642.