Three Songs (Ireland, 1926) Explained

Three Songs is a set of songs for voice and piano composed in 1926 by John Ireland (18791962). It consists of settings of three poems by various poets.[1]

A typical performance of the three songs as a set takes 8 minutes. The poems are:[2]

  1. "Love and Friendship" (Emily Brontë (181848), from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey)
  2. "Friendship in Misfortune" (poet not identified)
  3. "The One Hope" (Dante Gabriel Rossetti (182882), from Poems (1870))

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of works – T to Y. The John Ireland Trust. 29 April 2015 .
  2. Web site: Texts to Three Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland . The LiederNet Archive . 29 April 2015 .

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