Pitfield, Thomas - Selected Songs

Selected songs spanning 50 years demonstrating Pitfield’s distinctive voice, to be cherished for its precision of technique and delicacy of effect. John McCabe writes 'if Pitfield had written only the first song in the book, Cuckoo and Chestnut Time, he would have earned our gratitude for that perfect little gem alone!'. The volume also contains the composer’s own illustrations. Thomas Pitfield had the gift for memorable tunes, often couched in somewhat French-sounding harmonic and decorative idiom. He admired Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Delius and their influence can be felt in his works.

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• Cuckoo and Chestnut Time

• Christmas Lullaby

• Winter Song

• Shadow March

• The Sands of Dee

• September Lovers

• Lingering Music (First Setting)

• Lingering Music (Second Setting)

• The Wagon of Life

• The Unfulfilled

• Willow Song

• The Carrion Crow

• By the Dee at Night

• Three Minatures

1. The Horseman
2. Alone
3. The Fidler

• The Child Hears Rain at Night

• Faithful Johnny

• Songs of Compassion

• So far from my Country

• Desdemona's Song

• The Willow

• Birds About the Morning Air

• Winter Evening: Dunham Park

• Naiad

• You Frail Sad Leaves

• In an Old Country Church

• The Crescent Boat