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Five Sixteenth-Century Poems

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Five Sixteenth-Century Poems is a song cycle for voice and piano composed in 1938 by John Ireland (1879–1962).[1]

A performance takes about 10 minutes.[2] The poems are:[3]

  1. "A Thanksgiving" (William Cornysh (1465–1523)) [4]
  2. "All in a Garden Green" (Thomas Howell (fl. 1568))
  3. "An Aside" (Anon.)
  4. "A Report Song" (Nicholas Breton (1542–1626))
  5. "The Sweet Season" (Richard Edwardes (1525–66))

References

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  1. ^ "List of works – E to F". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ John Ireland: Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Texts to Five XVIth Century Poems: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ^ John Ireland: A thanksgiving, for voice & piano (from "Sixteenth-Century Poems (5)") at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.


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