Music & Lyrics

Donald Swann's archive indexes some 2,000 songs (around 300 with Michael Flanders). Donald himself played from memory, to typescripts of the lyrics, so his music was usually only written out for others to perform. However a reasonable amount has been printed or fair-copied over the years, especially his religious music. Here you'll find links to all of Donald's music currently available. For fuller descriptions and pictures click on the appropriate heading in the WORKS & SHOWS section. In special circumstances the DONALD SWANN ARCHIVE is prepared to release photocopied manuscripts or reconstructed versions of unpublished music – contact Leon Berger

For prose publications, including his autobiography 'Swann's Way', see BOOKS