A COLLECTION OF SONGS

Words by John Betjeman. Music by Donald Swann. Baritone voice and piano.
Publisher: Chappell, London 1969
Chappell Archive Sales at Faber Music: 01 279 828 982

RECORDINGS: EP
WORKS &MUSIC: SONG-CYCLES

EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)

Words by C. Day Lewis. Music by Donald Swann.
Publisher: First Paige, Worcestershire 1992.
Set to music in the 1960s when Donald was preparing to work on CV Day Lewis's 'Requiem for the Living'. Originally a solo song, rewritten for Mezzo or Baritone solo with Chorus Addition.
Out of print; contact Leon Berger.

RECORDINGS: LP

THE POETIC IMAGE
A VICTORIAN SONG-CYCLE FOR MEDIUM VOICE & PIANO

Original publisher: Albert House Press 1991, then Thames.
Order: Elkin Music

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THE ROAD GOES EVER ON

Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, music by Donald Swann. A cycle of songs selected from THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, with Elvish calligraphy by Tolkien.
Original Publisher: George Allen & Unwin 1967. Now Harper Collins.

Donald Swann's settings of J.R.R Tolkien have been republished by Harper Collins with a free CD of the original recording with William Elvin and Donald. 'Bilbo's Last Song' and 'Lúthien Tinúviel' are later additions to the original cycle of 7 songs. Both are now included in the published music and as bonus tracks on the CD. Foreword by Leon Berger.

Harper Collins ISBN 0-00-713655-2 price £20.
Can be ordered from UK bookstores and music stores.
US customers order through Amazon.ca and Amazon.co.uk

'Bilbo's Last Song' can also be purchased as a separate edition.
'Lúthien Tinúviel' can be found in THE SONGS OF DONALD SWANN: VOLUME 1.

For more information about Tolkien publications, see the Official Online Book Shop.

RECORDINGS: CASSETTE
RECORDINGS: CD
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Images of THE ROAD GOES EVER ON:
UK 1st edition. George Allen & Unwin, London 1967 (top left).
US paperback edition: Ballantine Books, New York 1969 (top right).
German edition. Olaf Hille Verlag, Germany. 1993 (middle left).
'Bilbo's Last Song'. Albert House Press 1992 (middle right).
UK 3rd edition. Harper Collins, London 2002 (bottom).

DONALD SWANN – LAST SONGS

Settings of William Blake, Edna St Vincent Millay and Emily Dickinson.
Publisher: Alfred Lengnick & Co, London 2001.

Donald's late-flowering interest in Victorian poetry produced these exquisite settings in the last years, and indeed weeks, of his life. Foreword by Leon Berger, John Jansson & Alison Swann Smith. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co.
(Click on 'Sheet Music' – listed under 'Vocal')

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