© by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996)
Old fisherman with guitar
Language: English
A formal exercise for withered fingers [ ... ]
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Confirmed with George Mackay Brown, Selected Poems 1954 - 1992, John Murray Press, 2014
Text Authorship:
- by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996), "Old Fisherman with Guitar", appears in The Year of the Whale, first published 1965, copyright © [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 Claire Liddell (b. 1937), "Old fisherman with guitar", 1975 [ soprano and piano ], from Five Orkney Scenes, no. 1, Roberton Publications [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 77