Cradle Song Explained

Cradle Song may refer to:

• A cradle song or lullaby, a soothing children's song usually played before sleep

Literature

• "A Cradle Song", a poem of William Blake written 1791-92, set to music in 1947 by Benjamin Britten in his song cycle A Charm of Lullabies
• "A Cradle Song" (W. B. Yeats poem)
• Cradle Song, a 2003 detective novel by Robert Edric

Film

• Cradle Song (1933 film), Paramount Pictures film starring Dorothea Wieck, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing
• Cradle Song (1953 film), Mexican film
• Cradle Song (1960 film), release on Hallmark Hall of Fame starring Judith Anderson, Evelyn Varden and Siobhan McKenna
• Cradle Song (1994 film), Spanish film

Music

Albums

• Cradle Song (album), a 1993 album by cellist Julian Lloyd Webber
• Cradlesong (album), a 2009 album by Rob Thomas

Classical

• Wiegenlied (Brahms) or Cradle Song, a lied for voice and piano by Johannes Brahms
• Cradle Song, for organ by Herbert Sumsion
• "Cradle Song", carol by Richard Causton
• An adaptation of the tune for "Sweet Afton", also used sometimes for the song "Away in a Manger"
• "Cradle Song", a 1922 song by Muriel Herbert
• "Cradle Song", List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky
• "Cradle Song", Gordon Jacob

See also

• Canción de cuna (disambiguation)