Author Description

This three volume series comprises the bulk of the solo songs which Vaughan Williams published with Oxford University Press. The songs span his whole long career; from 1896 to 1958. The majority are suitable for medium voice. Contents: Three songs from Shakespeare [Take, O take; When icicles hang by the wall; Orpheus with his lute]; Three poems by Walt Whitman [Nocturne; A clear midnight; Joy, shipmate, joy!]; Greensleeves; Four last songs [Procris; Tired; Hands, eyes and heart; Menelaus].