© by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996)
The Beachcomber
Language: English
Monday I found a boot – [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by George Mackay Brown (1921 - 1996), "The Beachcomber", appears in Fishermen with Ploughs, Hogarth Press, first published 1971, copyright © [author's text not yet checked 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), "The Beachcomber", 1975 [ soprano and piano ], from Five Orkney Scenes, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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