SONG-CYCLES

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
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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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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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