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Collected songs : 63 songs / Benjamin Britten ; edited by Richard Walters.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 composer.
Format Musical Score and Print
EditionHigh voice.
Publication Info[New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, 2013.
Description1 score (xxviii, 287 pages) ; 31 cm
Subject(s)
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953--Musical settings --Scores.
Blake, William, 1757-1827--Musical settings --Scores.
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Musical settings --Scores.
Greene, Robert, 1558-1592--Musical settings --Scores.
Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635--Musical settings --Scores.
Philip, John--Musical settings --Scores.
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982--Musical settings --Scores.
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Musical settings --Scores.
Donne, John, 1572-1631--Musical settings --Scores.
Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843--Musical settings --Scores.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564--Musical settings --Scores.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964--Musical settings --Scores.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Musical settings --Scores.
Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956--Musical settings --Scores.
Songs (High voice) with piano--Scores.
Song cycles--Scores.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores.
Vocal duets with piano--Scores.
Other author/creatorBelloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953, author.
Other author/creatorBlake, William, 1757-1827, author.
Other author/creatorBurns, Robert, 1759-1796, author.
Other author/creatorGreene, Robert, 1558-1592, author.
Other author/creatorRandolph, Thomas, 1605-1635, author.
Other author/creatorPhilip, John, author.
Other author/creatorDuncan, Ronald, 1914-1982, author.
Other author/creatorAuden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 author.
Other author/creatorDonne, John, 1572-1631, author.
Other author/creatorHölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843, author.
Other author/creatorMichelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, author.
Other author/creatorSitwell, Edith, 1887-1964 author.
Other author/creatorHardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, author.
Other author/creatorSlater, Montagu, 1902-1956, author.
Other author/creatorWalters, Richard editor, arranger of music.
Other author/creatorPears, Peter, 1910-1986, translator.
Other author/creatorMayer, Elizabeth, translator.
Other author/creatorWaley, Arthur, translator.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Birds.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Charm of lullabies.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Evening.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Morning.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. This way to the tomb. Night.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. To lie flat on the back.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Night covers up the rigid land.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sun shines down.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fish in the unruffled lakes.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. What's in your mind?
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Underneath the abject willow, voice, piano.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. On this island.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hölderlin Fragmente.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hölderlin Fragmente. English.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sonnets of Michelangelo.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs from the Chinese; arranged.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Heart of the matter.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Winter words.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. If it's ever spring again.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Children and Sir Nameless.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Ballads, voices (2), piano.
Uniform titleVocal music. Selections
Contents Historical notes on the songs -- The birds / Hilaire Belloc -- A charm of lullabies: opus 41. A cradle song / William Blake ; The highland balou / Robert Burns ; Sephestia's lullaby / Robert Greene ; A charm / Thomas Randolph ; The nurse's song / John Philip -- Three songs from This way to the tomb. Evening ; Morning ; Night / Ronald Duncan -- Fish in the unruffled lakes. To lie flat on the back ; Night covers up the rigid land ; The sun shines down ; Fish in the unruffled lakes ; What's in your mind ; Underneath the abject willow / W.H. Auden -- The holy sonnets of John Donne: opus 35. Oh, my blacke soule! ; Batter my heart ; O might those sighes and teares ; Oh, to vex me ; What if this present ; Since she whom I loved ; At the round earth's imagined corners ; Thou hast made me ; Death, be not proud / John Donne -- On this island: opus 11. Let the florid music praise! ; Now the leaves are falling fast ; Seascape ; Nocturne ; As it is, plenty / W.H. Auden -- Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente: opus 61. Menschenbeifall ; Die Heimat ; Sokrates und Alcibiades ; Die Jugend ; Hälfte des Lebens ; Die Linien des Lebens / Friedrich Hölderlin ; English translation by Elizabeth Mayer and Peter Pears -- Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo: opus 22. Sonetto XVI: Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro ; Sonetto XXXI: A che più debb 'io mai l'intensa voglia ; Sonetto XXX: Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume ; Sonetto LV: Tu sa' chi 'io so, signior mie, che tu sai ; Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume ; Sonetto XXXII: S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna ; Sonetto XXVI: Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede / Michaelangelo -- Songs from the Chinese: opus 58. The big chariot ; The old lute ; The autumn wind ; The herd-boy ; Depression ; Dance song / translated by Arthur Waley ; transcribed for piano by Richard Walters -- Three songs from The heart of the matter. Prologue: ("Where are the seeds of the universal fire") ; Song: ("We are the darkness in the heat of the day") ; Epilogue: ("So, out of the dark") / Edith Sitwell -- Winter words: opus 52. At day-close in November ; Midnight on the great western ; Wagtail and baby ; The little old table ; The choirmaster's burial ; Proud songsters ; At the railway station, upway ; Before life and after / Thomas Hardy -- Cut from Winter words. If it's ever spring again ; The children and Sir Nameless / Thomas Hardy -- Two ballads (duet). Mother comfort / Montagu Slater ; Underneath the abject willow / W.H. Auden.
General notePrincipally for voice and piano; 3 songs from The heart of the matter for horn and piano (horn part printed following score); Songs from the Chinese originally for voice and guitar, accompaniment arranged for piano; and Two ballads for 2 voices and piano.
Bibliography noteIncludes historical notes on the songs, bibliographical references, and alphabetical song index; historical notes include an English translation by Peter Pears and Elizabeth Mayer of Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo.
LanguageEnglish, German, and Italian words; German and English words to Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente also printed separately as text.
LCCN 2014445043
ISBN1423429753
ISBN9781423429753
UPC 884088135874
Standard identifier# 9781423429753 52999
Standard identifier# 9790051933976
ISMN M051933976
Publisher numberHL48019418 Hal Leonard Corporation

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