Three Songs (Ireland, 1926)

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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] [3]

  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))

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References

  1. "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. John Ireland: Songs (3), for voice & piano (1926) at AllMusic . Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. "Texts to Three Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2015.