Arrangements & Solo Songs

Arranged for four male voices.

1908. For voice and piano. Text from the poem Le ciel est pardessus le toit by Paul Verlaine (1844 – 1896). Translated by Mabel Dearmer

Words by D.G. Rossetti. A cyle of six sonnets. Sung here is No 2 ‘Silent Noon’.

Written in 1901. It was RVW’s first work to be published. Subtitled ‘A Doset Folk Song’. Words by W. Barnes.

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