by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
Airly Beacon
Language: English
Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon; O the pleasant sight to see Shires and towns from Airly Beacon, While my love climb'd up to me! Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon; O the happy hours we lay Deep in fern on Airly Beacon, Courting through the summer's day! Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon; O the weary haunt for me, All alone on Airly Beacon, With his baby on my knee!
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "Airly Beacon", appears in Andromeda and Other Poems, first published 1858 [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 John William Duarte (b. 1919), "Airly beacon", op. 23 [ high voice and classical guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Airly Beacon", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Frederic Löhr (1872 - 1943), "Airly Beacon", published 1942 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Airly Beacon", op. 20 (A Book of Songs) no. 4, published 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. M. Pares , "Airly Beacon", published 1861 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Airly Beacon", published 1892 [ four-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Philip Jones (b. 1946) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] ; composed by Philip Jones, as Philip Danesfield.
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 65