Mordaunt Currie

Sir Walter Mordaunt Cyril Currie, 5th Baronet (3 June 1894 – 30 July 1978) was an early 20th-century poet who lived in Essex.

He wrote the lyrics for English composer Cecil Armstrong Gibbs's second symphony Odysseus,[1] and lyrics for other religious and secular purposes.[2]

His poem 'Perilous Ways' was set to music by the composer Martin Shaw.[3]

Books

Poetry publications include:

  • Icarian Ways[4]

References
  1. Biography of Cecil Armstrong Gibbs on MusicWeb
  2. "SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online – Currie%20%2c Mordaunt%20". Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. Track listing for the Shaw songs CD 'The Airmen'
  4. Currie, Mordaunt (1918). Icarian ways. London: Erskine MacDonald, Ltd.


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