by William Allingham (1824 - 1889)
Four ducks on a pond
Language: English
Four ducks on a pond, A grass-bank beyond, A blue sky of spring, White clouds on the wing; What a little thing To remember for years-- To remember with tears!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Allingham (1824 - 1889), "Four Ducks on a Pond", appears in Evil May-Day &c., first published 1882 [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 Walter Butler , "Four ducks on a pond", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Four Irish Lyrics [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Toner Cone (b. 1917), "A Memory", 1947, first performed 1947 [ TTBB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bainbridge Crist (1883 - 1969), "What a Little Thing", published << 1940 [ voice and piano ], from Three Balladettes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "A Memory", op. 22 no. 3, published 1909? [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Four ducks on a pond", 1923 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alicia Adélaïda Needham (1863 - 1945), "Four ducks on a pond", published 1913 [ alto and piano ], from A Branch of Arbutus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt George Roger (1895 - 1966), "Four ducks on a pond", 1952, first performed 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Irish Madrigals, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Versel , "Four ducks on a pond", published << 1940 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-12
Line count: 7
Word count: 30