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Two Minds of a Western Poet

Two Minds of a Western Poet

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Dive into the profound world of literary criticism with this compelling collection of essays by David Mason. This work explores the intricate duality of the Western poetic tradition through Mason's insightful analysis and reflective prose. Known for his eloquent style and deep understanding of poetry, Mason offers a unique perspective that bridges historical context with contemporary relevance. Ideal for poetry enthusiasts and scholars alike, this collection invites readers to explore the rich tapestry of Western poetry with fresh eyes and a thoughtful mind.
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Dive into the profound world of literary criticism with this compelling collection of essays by David Mason. This work explores the intricate duality of the Western poetic tradition through Mason's insightful analysis and reflective prose. Known for his eloquent style and deep understanding of poetry, Mason offers a unique perspective that bridges historical context with contemporary relevance. Ideal for poetry enthusiasts and scholars alike, this collection invites readers to explore the rich tapestry of Western poetry with fresh eyes and a thoughtful mind.
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Walton - Anon In Love • Façade Settings • A Song For The Lord Mayor's Table

The Winds

Tritons

Beatriz's Song

Under The Greenwood Tree

3 Façade Settings

Anon In Love

A Song For The Lord Mayor's Table

3 Façade Settings

Somervell - A Shropshire Lad • James Lee's Wife • Songs Of Innocence

O Mistress Mine

Orpheus With His Lute

Sweet Kate

Songs Of Innocence

Maud

James Lee's Wife

The Bargain

Fain Would I Change That Note

Shepherd's Cradle Song

Come To Me In My Dreams

Dainty Little Maiden

When Spring Returns

A Shropshire Lad

Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge • 5 Mystical Songs

It Was A Lover And His Lass

The Lawyer

The Splendour Falls

The Water Mill

Tired

Silent Noon

Searching For Lambs

Nocturne

Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

Lord, Come Away

Come Love, Come Lord

5 Mystical Songs

On Wenlock Edge

Dirge For Fidele

Warlock - The Curlew • Lillygay • Peterisms, Sets I And II • Saudades

The Curlew

Lillygay

Peter Warlock's Fancy

Peterisms, Set I

My Gostly Fader

Bright Is The Ring Of Words

Saudades

The Cloths Of Heaven

The Frostbound Wood

Bethlehem Down

Sweet And Twenty

And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus?

Mr Belloc's Fancy

Peterisms, Set II

The Bachelor

Away To Twiver

Captain Stratton's Fancy

Quilter - O Mistress Mine • To Daisies • Julia's Hair • Go, Lovely Rose

It Was A Lover And His Lass

Take, O Take Those Lips Away

O Mistress Mine

How Should I Your True Love Know

Orpheus With His Lute

Hark! Hark! The Lark

Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes

Charlie Is My Darling

Ye Banks And Braes

I Arise From Dreams Of Thee

Music, When Soft Voices Die

Love's Philosophy

Spring Is At The Door

Passing Dreams

Autumn Evening

An Old Carol

3 Pastoral Songs, Op. 22

Go Lovely Rose

A Last Year's Rose

Amaryllis At The Fountain

I Dare Not Ask A Kiss

Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

To Julia

Love Calls Through The Summer Night

Holst - Vedic Hymns • 4 Songs For Voice And Violin • 12 Humbert Wolfe Settings

4 Songs For Voice And Violin, Op. 35

6 Songs, Op. 16

Vedic Hymns, Op. 24

12 Humbert Wolfe Settings, Op. 48

Margrete's Cradle Song, Op. 4 No. 2

The Heart Worships

Britten - The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne • 7 Sonnets Of Michelangelo • Winter Words

The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op. 35

7 Sonnets Of Michelangelo, Op. 22

Winter Words, Op. 52

If It's Ever Spring Again

The Children And Sir Nameless

Lehmann - The Daisy Chain • Bird Songs • 4 Cautionary Tales And A Moral

Cherry Ripe

The Daisy Chain

Bird Songs

Magdalen At Michael's Gate

Evensong

Endymion

Music When Soft Voices Die

To A Little Red Spider

Dusk In The Valley

The Lily Of A Day

When I Am Dead, My Dearest

4 Cautionary Tales And A Moral

My True Friend Hath My Hat

2 Nonsense Songs From 'Alice In Wonderland'

Britten - Canticles I-V • The Heart Of The Matter

Canticle I, Op. 40 - My Beloved Is Mine

Canticle II, Op. 51 - Abraham And Isaac

The Heart Of The Matter

Canticle III, Op. 55 - Still Falls The Rain

The Heart Of The Matter

Canticle IV, Op. 86 - Journey Of The Magi

Canticle V, Op. 89 - The Death Of Saint Narcissus

Britten - Folk Song Arrangements • I

Volume 1 - British Isles

Folk Songs

Volume 3 - British Isles

Pray Goody

Volume 5 - British Isles

Folk Songs

Volume 4 - Moore's Irish Melodies

Volume 2 - France

Volume 6 - England

German Folk Song - Da Unten Im Tale ('The Stream In The Valley')

Unidentified Folk Song Setting

Quilter - Complete Folk Song Arrangements • Complete Part Songs For Women's Voices

The Arnold Book Of Old Songs - English Songs

3 Songs From 'Love At The Inn'

Irish Song - The Rose Of Tralee

The Arnold Book Of Old Songs - Irish Songs

Duets - 4 Part Songs For Women's Voices

The Arnold Book Of Old Songs - Scottish Songs

Duets - 3 Part Songs For Women's Voices

The Arnold Book Of Old Songs - French Songs

6 Duets

New Discoveries

The Arnold Book Of Old Songs - English And Welsh Songs

Finzi - I Said To Love • Let Us Garlands Bring • Before And After Summer

I Said To Love, Op. 19b

Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18

Before And After Summer, Op. 16

Britten - Folk Song Arrangements • II

8 Folk Song Arrangements For High Voice And Harp

The Holly And The Ivy

King Herod And The Cock

The Twelve Apostles

The Bitter Withy

Orchestral Arrangements

Le Roi S'en Va-t'en Chasse

Fileuse

Eho! Eho!

La Belle Est Un Jardin D'amour

Quand J'etais Chez Mon Pere

The Salley Gardens (String Orchestration)

Little Sir William

The Bonnie Earl O'Moray

O Can Ye Sew Cushions

Oliver Cromwell

The Plough Boy

O Waly, Waly

Come You Not From Newcastle?

The Salley Gardens (Orchestration For Strings, Bassoon And Harp)

Vaughan Williams - Songs Of Travel • The House Of Life • 4 Poems By Fredegond Shove

Songs Of Travel

The House Of Life

Linden Lea

4 Poems By Fredegond Shove

Finzi - Earth And Air And Rain • To A Poet • By Footpath And Stile

Earth And Air And Rain, Op. 15

To A Poet, Op. 13a

By Footpath And Stile, Op. 2

Finzi - A Young Man's Exhortation • Till Earth Outwears • Oh Fair To See

A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14

Till Earth Outwears, Op. 19a

Oh Fair To See, Op. 13b

Alwyn - Mirages • Nocturnes • Slum Song • Seascapes • Invocations

Mirages - A Song Cycle For Baritone And Piano

6 Nocturnes For Baritone And Piano

Slum Song: Andante Piangevole

Seascapes - 4 Songs For Soprano, Treble Recorder And Piano

Invocations - A Song Cycle

Ireland - 5 Poems By Thomas Hardy • We'll To The Woods • Sea Fever • Santa Chiara • Great Things • Youth's Spring-Tribute

Great Things

3 Songs To Poems By Thomas Hardy

Sea Fever

The Bells Of San Marie

Vagabond

Santa Chiara (Palm Sunday - Naples)

2 Songs

Marigold (Impression For Voice And Piano)

I Have Twelve Oxen

We'll To The Woods

5 Poems By Thomas Hardy

The Coast

When I Am Dead, My Dearest

The Salley Gardens

Tutto E Sciolto

If There Were Dreams To Sell

Gurney - All Night Under The Moon • By A Bierside • On The Downs • Lights Out • 5 Elizabethan Songs

On The Downs

Ha'nacker Mill

The Bonnie Earl Of Murray

The Cherry Trees

By A Bierside

5 Elizabethan Songs

7 Sappho Songs

All Night Under The Moon

The Latmian Shepherd

I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing

Last Hours

Cathleen Ni Houlihan

A Cradle Song

The Fiddler Of Dooney

Snow

The Singer

Nine Of The Clock

Epitaph In Old Mode

The Ship

The Scribe

Fain Would I Change That Note

An Apitaph

When Death To Either Shall Come

Thou Didst Delight My Eyes

The Boat Is Chafing

Lights Out

Butterworth - 6 Songs From A Shropshire Lad • Folk Songs From Sussex

6 Songs From A Shropshire Lad

Folk Songs From Sussex

Bredon Hill And Other Songs From A Shropshire Lad

Folk Songs From Sussex

Venables - On The Wings Of Love • Venetian Songs

On The Wings Of Love, Op. 38

Venetian Songs - Love's Voice, Op. 22

Midnight Lamentation, Op. 6

Break, Break, Break, Op. 33 No. 5

The November Piano, Op. 33 No. 4

Vitae Summa Brevis, Op. 33 No. 3

Flying Crooked, Op. 28 No. 1

At Midnight, Op. 28 No. 2

The Hippo, Op. 33 No. 6

At Malvern, Op. 24

A Kiss, Op. 15

Britten - Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake • Tit For Tat • Folk Songs

Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake, Op. 74

Tit For Tat

Folk Songs

Dove - All You Who Sleep Tonight: Song Cycles

Out Of Winter

Cut My Shadow

Ariel

All You Who Sleep Tonight

Britten - Complete Scottish Songs • A Birthday Hansel • Who Are These Children?

A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92

Who Are These Children?, Op. 84

Cradle Song (Sleep, My Darling, Sleep)

O That I'd Ne'er Been Married

Ca' The Yowes

There's None To Soothe

O Can Ye Sew Cushions?

The Bonnie Earl O' Moray

Bonny At Morn

Come You Not From Newcastle?

Dawtie's Devotion

The Gully

Tradition

4 Burns Songs

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