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Additional authors

1. Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953
2. Blake, William, 1757-1827
3. Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
4. Greene, Robert, 1558-1592
5. Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
6. Philip, John
7. Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982
8. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
9. Donne, John, 1572-1631
10. Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843
11. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
12. Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964
13. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
14. Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956
15. Walters, Richard
16. Pears, Peter, 1910-1986
17. Mayer, Elizabeth
18. Waley, Arthur
19. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Description

1. 1 score (xxviii, 287 pages); 31 cm

Uniform title

1. Vocal music. Selections

Alternative title

1. Vocal music.

Subject

1. Philip, John
2. Greene, Robert, 1558-1592
3. Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843
4. Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
5. Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982
6. Musical settings
7. Auden, W. H (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Musical settings
8. Songs (High voice) with piano
9. Songs
10. Philip, John > Musical settings
11. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 > Musical settings
12. Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964 > Musical settings
13. Song cycles
14. Vocal duets with piano
15. Greene, Robert, 1558-1592 > Musical settings
16. Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843 > Musical settings
17. Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 > Musical settings
18. Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
19. Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635 > Musical settings
20. Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956 > Musical settings
21. Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 > Musical settings
22. Donne, John, 1572-1631 > Musical settings
23. Scores
24. Blake, William, 1757-1827 > Musical settings
25. Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982 > Musical settings
26. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 > Musical settings

Genre/Form

1. Song cycles.
2. Songs.
3. Scores.
4. Musical settings.

Contents

1. The birds / Hilaire Belloc -- A charm of lullabies : opus 41. A cradle song / William Blake ; The highland balou / Robert Burns ; Sephestia's lullaby / Robert Greene ; A charm / Thomas Randolph ; The nurse's song / John Philip -- Three songs from This way to the tomb. Evening ; Morning ; Night / Ronald Duncan -- Fish in the unruffled lakes. To lie flat on the back ; Night covers up the rigid land ; The sun shines down ; Fish in the unruffled lakes ; What's in your mind ; Underneath the abject willow / W.H. Auden -- The holy sonnets of John Donne : opus 35. Oh, my blacke soule! ; Batter my heart ; O might those sighes and teares ; Oh, to vex me ; What if this present ; Since she whom I loved ; At the round earth's imagined corners ; Thou hast made me ; Death, be not proud / John Donne -- On this island : opus 11. Let the florid music praise! ; Now the leaves are falling fast ; Seascape ; Nocturne ; As it is, plenty / W.H. Auden -- Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente : opus 61. Menschenbeifall ; Die Heimat ; Sokrates und Alcibiades ; Die Jugend ; Hälfte des Lebens ; Die Linien des Lebens / Friedrich Hölderlin ; English translation by Elizabeth Mayer and Peter Pears -- Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo : opus 22. Sonetto XVI : Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro ; Sonetto XXXI : A che più debb 'io mai l'intensa voglia ; Sonetto XXX : Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume ; Sonetto LV : Tu sa' chi 'io so, signior mie, che tu sai ; Sonetto XXXVIII : Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume ; Sonetto XXXII : S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna ; Sonetto XXVI : Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede / Michaelangelo -- Songs from the Chinese : opus 58. The big chariot ; The old lute ; The autumn wind ; The herd-boy ; Depression ; Dance song / translated by Arthur Waley ; transcribed for piano by Richard Walters -- Three songs from The heart of the matter. Prologue : ("Where are the seeds of the universal fire") ; Song : ("We are the darkness in the heat of the day") ; Epilogue : ("So, out of the dark") / Edith Sitwell -- Winter words : opus 52. At day-close in November ; Midnight on the great western ; Wagtail and baby ; The little old table ; The choirmaster's burial ; Proud songsters ; At the railway station, upway ; Before life and after / Thomas Hardy -- Cut from Winter words. If it's ever spring again ; The children and Sir Nameless / Thomas Hardy -- Two ballads (duet). Mother comfort / Montagu Slater ; Underneath the abject willow / W.H. Auden.

Call number

1. JMG 15-493

Note

1. Principally for voice and piano; 3 songs from The heart of the matter for horn and piano (horn part printed following score); Songs from the Chinese originally for voice and guitar, accompaniment arranged for piano; and Two ballads for 2 voices and piano.
2. Includes historical notes on the songs, bibliographical references, and alphabetical song index; historical notes include an English translation by Peter Pears and Elizabeth Mayer of Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo.

Language (note)

1. English, German, and Italian words; German and English words to Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente also printed separately as text.

Author

1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer.

Title

1. Collected songs : 63 songs / Benjamin Britten ; edited by Richard Walters.

Publisher

1. [New York, New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, [2013]

Distributor

1. Milwaukee, WI : distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation.

Copyright date

1. ©2013

Edition

1. High voice.

Type of content

1. notated music

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Language

1. English, German, and Italian words; German and English words to Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente also printed separately as text.
2. Staff notation.

Added author

1. Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953, author.
2. Blake, William, 1757-1827, author.
3. Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, author.
4. Greene, Robert, 1558-1592, author.
5. Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635, author.
6. Philip, John, author.
7. Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982, author.
8. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, author.
9. Donne, John, 1572-1631, author.
10. Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843, author.
11. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, author.
12. Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964, author.
13. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, author.
14. Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956, author.
15. Walters, Richard, editor, arranger of music.
16. Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, translator.
17. Mayer, Elizabeth, translator.
18. Waley, Arthur, translator.
19. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Birds.
20. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Charm of lullabies.
21. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Evening.
22. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Morning.
23. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Night.
24. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. To lie flat on the back.
25. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Night covers up the rigid land.
26. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sun shines down.
27. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fish in the unruffled lakes.
28. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. What's in your mind?
29. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Underneath the abject willow, voice, piano.
30. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne.
31. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. On this island.
32. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hölderlin Fragmente.
33. Container of (expression): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hölderlin Fragmente. English.
34. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sonnets of Michelangelo.
35. Container of (expression): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs from the Chinese; arranged.
36. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Heart of the matter.
37. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Winter words.
38. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. If it's ever spring again.
39. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Children and Sir Nameless.
40. Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Ballads, voices (2), piano.

LCCN

1. 2014445043

Other standard identifier

1. 884088135874
2. 9790051933976
3. M051933976
4. 9781423429753 52999

Publisher no.

1. HL48019418 Hal Leonard Corporation

ISBN

1. 1423429753
2. 9781423429753

Research call number

1. JMG 15-493