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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
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First Publication | 1903 – London: Keith Prowse & Co., Ltd. |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Orpheus with His Lute |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRV 108 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 song |
Text Incipit | Orpheus with his lute made trees |
First Publication. | 1903 – London: Keith Prowse & Co., Ltd. |
Librettist | John Fletcher (1579–1625) (formerly misattributed to Shakespeare) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
Extra Information | A second setting of this song appeared in the composer's Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925). From Shakespeare's Henry VIII (Act III, Scene 1 - portion of the play written by Fletcher). |