Two Songs, 1917–18

Two Songs is a pair of songs for voice and piano composed in 1917–18 by John Ireland (1879–1962).[1] Both are settings of poems by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) from his collection 1914.

For other works by John Ireland called 'Two Songs', see Two Songs (1916), Two Songs (1920), and Two Songs (1928).

A performance of both songs takes around 6 minutes.[2] The songs are:[3]

  1. "The Soldier" [4]
  2. "Blow Out, You Bugles" [5]

References
  1. "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. John Ireland: Songs (2), for voice & piano (1917–1918) at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. "Texts to Two Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. The Soldier (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. Blow Out, You Bugles (Ireland, John): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project


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