Songs of Travel and Other Verses
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This work by Robert Louis Stevenson
explores the author's perennial themes of travel and adventure. The work gained a new public and popularity when it was set to music in Songs of Travel
by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
explores the author's perennial themes of travel and adventure. The work gained a new public and popularity when it was set to music in Songs of Travel
Songs of Travel
Songs of Travel is a song cycle of nine songs originally written for baritone voice composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with poems selected from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection of the same name. A complete performance of the entire cycle lasts between 20 and 24 minutes.They were originally...
by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
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