Three Songs to Poems by Arthur Symons

Three Songs is a set of songs for high voice and piano composed in 191819 by John Ireland (18791962). It consists of settings of three poems by Arthur Symons (18651945).

A typical performance of the songs as a set takes seven minutes.[1] The poems are:[2]

  1. "The Adoration" [3][4]
  2. "The Rat" [5][6]
  3. "Rest" [6][7]

References

  1. John Ireland: Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "Texts to Three Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. The Adoration: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  4. "List of works – A to B". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. The Rat: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  6. "List of works – Q to S". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. Rest: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project


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