by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Cradle song
Language: English
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Note: this is a placeholder and will be removed when we determine which of the two poems Blake wrote titled "A Cradle Song" were set by each of the composers. The two poems have the following first lines: Sweet dreams, form a shade and Sleep, sleep, beauty bright.
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Cornish , "Cradle song", published c1909 [ vocal trio for female voices ], Chicago : Clayton F. Summy Co.
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Cradle Song", op. 535 (1959)
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