Research Catalog

Title

On Wenlock edge ; Songs of travel / Vaughan Williams ; poems [for On Wenlock edge] from A. E. Housman\u0027s "A Shropshire Lad" ; poems [for Songs of travel] by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Author

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.

Publication

[London] : Angel/EMI, [1984], ℗1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tear, Robert
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Rattle, Simon, 1955-
• Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1 audio disc : digital, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo; 12 in.

Uniform Title

On Wenlock edge; arranged

Alternative Title

• On Wenlock edge;
• On Wenlock edge.
• Songs of travel.

Subjects

• Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
• Songs (High voice) with orchestra
• Song cycles
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 > Musical settings
• Housman, A. E (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 > Musical settings

Note

• Song cycles; acc. of the 1st work originally for piano and string quartet; acc. of 2nd work originally for piano.
• Digital recording.
• Durations: 19:16; 22:51.
• Song texts ([2] p.) inserted in container ; program notes by Michael Kennedy in English printed on container.

Event (note)

• Recorded in England.

Contents

On Wenlock edge. On Wenlock edge ; From far, from eve and morning ; Is my team ploughing? ; Oh, when I was in love with you ; Bredon Hill (In summertime on Bredon) ; Clun -- Songs of travel. The vagabond ; Let beauty awake ; The roadside fire ; Youth and love ; In dreams ; The infinite shining heavens ; Whither must I wander? ; Bright is the ring of words ; I have trod the upward and the downward slope.

LCCN

84743142

OCLC

• ocm12913691
• 12913691
• SCSB-5630182

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries