The Seven Ages (Davies, Walford)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1907. (October 29th)
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Work Title The Seven Ages
Alternative. Title
Composer Davies, Walford
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IWD 106
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 11 songs:
  1. Prelude and Prologue: Our Birth is But a Sleep
  2. Infant Joy
  3. Childhood (or, Child's Play or, The Beauty of This Thing)
  4. From Youth and Love
  5. Come Ill or Well
  6. Manhood
  7. Pause
  8. Expectant
  9. Tap o' th' Hill
  10. Take My Soul to Rest
  11. Eternity: O Years! and Age! Farewell
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1907
Librettist see below
  1. William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
  2. William Blake (1757-1827)
  3. Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
  4. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
  5. Robert Browning (1812-1889)
  6. Anonymous
  7. Anonymous
  8. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
  9. Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897)
  10. Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
  11. Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information Unpublished song cycle. Many of these songs revised and reused in later cycles.