Two Songs, 1917–18

For other works by John Ireland called 'Two Songs', see Two Songs (1916), Two Songs (1920), and Two Songs (1928).

Two Songs is a pair of songs for voice and piano composed in 1917–18 by John Ireland (1879–1962).[1] Both are settings of poems by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) from his collection 1914.

A performance of both songs takes around 6 minutes.[2] The songs are:[3]

  1. "The Soldier" [4]
  2. "Blow Out, You Bugles" [5]

References

  1. ↑ "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ John Ireland: Songs (2), for voice & piano (1917–1918) at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Two Songs: Song Cycle by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879–1962)". recmusic.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ↑ The Soldier (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. ↑ Blow Out, You Bugles (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project


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