by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962)
Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish...
Language: English
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Authorship:
- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), "Hymn", appears in Farewell My Muse, first published 1932
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Norman Gilbert (b. 1912), "Turn back, O man", published 1959 [ SATB chorus and organ ]
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Turn back O man", op. 36a no. 2 (1916), published 1919 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Three Festival Choruses, no. 2
- by Robert Eugene Ward (1917 - 2013), "Hymn", published 1960 [ soprano, SATB chorus, SATB youth chorus, and organ or orchestra ], from Earth shall be fair
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