Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy

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For other sets of three songs with similar names by John Ireland, see Three Songs (1918-19) and Three Songs (1926).

Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy is a set of songs for voice and piano composed in 1925 by John Ireland (1879–1962). It consists of settings of three poems by Thomas Hardy (1840–1928).[1]

A performance of all three songs takes around 7 minutes.[2] The songs are:[3]

  1. "Summer Schemes" (from Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses (1922))
  2. "Her Song" (from Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses)
  3. "Weathers"

References

  1. ^ "List of works – T to Y". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ John Ireland: Songs (3) to Poems by Thomas Hardy, for voice & piano at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy: Song Cycle by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879–1962)". recmusic.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.


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