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VW with pipe
Verlaine
The Sky Above the Roof

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

Ruth Golden Soprano, Levering Rothfuss Piano
©Koch 3-7168-2 H1

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The Sky Above the Roof



Left: Paul Verlaine

Rossetti
SONGS of Travel

Words by D.G. Rossetti. A cyle of six sonnets.

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The Vagabond
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Let beauty awake
Play Youth and love
Play Whither must I wander



Left: Robert Louis Stephenson



Rossetti
The House of Life

Words by D.G. Rossetti. A cyle of six sonnets.

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Silent noon



Left: Gabriel Rossetti


VW on his bike
Linden Lea

An original song. Written in 1901. Subtitled A Doset Folk Song.
The extract here arranged for choir by William Barnes.
Choirmaster Brian Kay.

London Philharmonic, Conductor Richard Hickox
©CHANDOS

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Linden Lea



Left: VW on his bike. He often collected folk songs by touring public houses on his bicycle.




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Four Poems by Fredegond Shove

Music Group of London, Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge (piano).
©EMI

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The Water Mill
   




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Ten Blake Songs

The extract here is Infant Joy. For oboe and voice

Music Group of London
, Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (oboe).
©EMI

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Infant Joy
   
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