Rutland Boughton

(Aylesbury 23/1/1878, Londra 25/1/1960)

TESTI DEI LIEDER

"Holy Thursday"
da "'Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean"
di William Blake (1757-1827)
(opus two-part song for treble voices and piano)

"Infant Joy" (2)
da "I have no name"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"Maiden's Song"
da "I dreamt a dream! what can it mean"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"Piper's Song" (1)
da "Piping down the valleys wild"
di William Blake (1757-1827)
(opus two-part song for treble voices)

"Spring" (3)
da "Sound the Flute"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"The Blossom" (1)
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"The cloud"
da "I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers"
di Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
(opus women's chorus, SSA, soprano and baritone soli)

"The Lamb" (6)
da "Little Lamb, who made thee"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"The little boy found" (5)
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"The little boy lost" (4)
da "Nought loves another as itself"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

"The Tiger"
da "Tiger! Tiger! burning bright"
di William Blake (1757-1827)
(opus mixed voices a cappella)