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Thread #124519 Message #2750179
Posted By: Charley Noble
22-Oct-09 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Cargoes (John Masefield)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Cargoes (John Masefield)
Oh, here are references to some early musical arrangements for this poem:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
By Sydney Burkinshaw (1911-) , "Cargoes" [unison boys' voices and piano]
By Robert Coningsby Clarke (1879-1934) , "Cargoes", published 1920 [voice and piano], from Three Sailor Songs
By Tom Dobson (1890-1918) , "Cargoes", published 1920. [any voice except high, light soprano, and piano]
By William Parks Grant (1910-) , "Cargoes", op. 12. [medium voice and piano]
By Samuel R. Lewis , "Cargoes", published <<1940.
By Easthope Martin (-1925) , "Cargoes", published 1919 [medium voice and piano], from Five Poems by John Masefield
By Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) , "Cargoes", published 1924. [unison voices and piano]
By Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) , "Cargoes", published 1935. [SATB and piano]
By Philip Tomblings , "Cargoes", published 1936. [unison voices and piano]
I note that Easthope Martin also set some C. Fox Smith poems to music.
Charley Noble