Texts by L. MacNeice set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Bagpipe Music (It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw)
- Beatriz's song (When will he return?) - W. Walton
- Cradle song (Sleep, sleep) - B. Britten
- Epilogue (Oh, heavenly Poesy) (from Goethe's Faust) - M. Seiber [x]
- Fiesta (Granada has fallen! Granada has fallen!) - W. Walton
- Gloria (Glory, glory to God) - W. Walton
- Glory, glory to God - W. Walton
- Granada has fallen! Granada has fallen! - W. Walton
- I am not yet born; O hear me - E. Maconchy
- Invocation (Oh, heavenly Poesy) (from Goethe's Faust) - M. Seiber [x]
- It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw - E. Maconchy (Bagpipe Music)
- It's No Go (It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw) - E. Maconchy
- Night club () - K. Schoonenbeek [x]
- Oh, heavenly Poesy (from Goethe's Faust) [x] - M. Seiber
- O that the rain would come — the rain in big battalions — - A. Rawsthorne (Precursors)
- Prayer before birth (I am not yet born; O hear me) - E. Maconchy
- Precursors (O that the rain would come — the rain in big battalions —) - A. Rawsthorne
- Sleep, sleep, sleep, my darling sleep
- Sleep, sleep - B. Britten
- The sunlight on the garden (The sunlight on the garden) - S. Wilkinson [x]
- The sunlight on the garden [x] - S. Wilkinson
- The world is mad () - M. Head [x]
- When will he return? - W. Walton
Last update: 2023-05-11 13:25:01