by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod
The shadowy woodlands
Language: English
Above the shadowy woodlands I hear the voice of the cuckoo, sailing like a silver skiff upon the moonflood. I hear the far-off plaint of the cuckoo sink deep through the moonshine above the shadowy woodlands. At last, in the dense shadow of the wood, the moonlight sleeps.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "The shadowy woodlands", appears in The Silence of Amor: Prose Rhythms, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The shadowy woodlands", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Celtic Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939), "The shadowy woodlands", op. 51 no. 1 (1917), published 1921, first performed 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Mood-Pictures, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 9
Word count: 48