Roger Quilter: 55 Songs

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With a graceful gift for lyrical vocal writing, English composer Roger Quilter (1877-1953) created a rich body of art songs. Very few composers working in English have matched his achievement of a living body of beloved, relevant, literate repertoire. Contents: April � Autumn Evening � Barbara Allen � Blow, blow, thou winter wind � The Bracelet � Brown is my love � By a Fountainside � By the Sea � Cherry Ripe � Cherry Valley � Come away, Death � Come Back! � Damask Roses � Daybreak � Dream Valley � Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes � Fair House of Joy � The Faithless Shepherdess � Fear no more the heat o' the sun � A Good Child � Hey, ho, the wind and the rain � I will go with my father a-ploughing � I wish and I wish � In the highlands � Interlude � It was a lover and his lass � The jocund Dance � The Jolly Miller � Julia's Hair � June � The Lamplighter � A Last Year's Rose � Love's Philosophy � The Maiden Blush � Moonlight � My Life's Delight � The Night Piece � Now sleeps the crimson petal � O mistress mine � Over the land is April � Over the Mountains � Prelude � The Sea-Bird � A Secret � Song of the Blackbird � The Spring is at the door � Take, o take those lips away � Three Poor Mariners � Through the sunny garden � To Daisies � To Wine and Beauty � Under the greenwood tree � The Valley and the Hill � Weep you no more � Where be you going? � Where Go the Boats? � The Wild Flower's Song