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Three Songs to Poems by Arthur Symons

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For other sets of three songs with similar names by John Ireland, see Three Songs (1926) and Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy.

Three Songs is a set of songs for high voice and piano composed in 1918–19 by John Ireland (1879–1962). It consists of settings of three poems by Arthur Symons (1865–1945).

A typical performance of the songs as a set takes 7 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. ^ "Three Songs: Song Cycle by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879–1962)". recmusic.org. 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. ^ a b "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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