Mother and Child (song cycle) explained

Mother and Child is a song cycle for soprano and piano composed in 1918 by John Ireland (18791962). It consists of settings of eight poems by Christina Rossetti (183094), from her collection Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872, 1893).^[1]

A typical performance takes about 10 minutes. The songs are:^[2]

1. "Newborn"
2. "The Only child"
3. "Hope"
4. "Skylark and Nightingale"
5. "The Blind Boy"
6. "Baby"
7. "Death Parting"
8. "The Garland"

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of works – J to M. The John Ireland Trust. 28 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524221512/http://www.johnirelandtrust.org/jtom.htm. 24 May 2015. dead.
2. Web site: Texts to Mother and Child: Song Cycle by John Ireland . The LiederNet Archive . 29 April 2015 .