David Cozy wrote:
>I wonder if anyone would be so kind as to tell me what texts Britten used
>in his Spring Symphony. ...
After originally thinking of setting all medieval Latin texts, Britten
settled on a series of 14 pieces:
1. Shine out - anon. 16th cent
2. The Merry Cuckoo - Edmund Spenser
3. Spring, the Sweet Song - Thomas Nashe
4. The Driving Boy
When as the rye reach to the chin - George Peele
The driving boy.. - John Clare
5. The Morning Star - John Milton
6. Welcome, Maids of Honour - Robert Herrick
7. Waters Abiove! - Henry Vaughan
8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed - W. H. Auden
9. When will my May come - Richard Barnfield
10. Fair and Fair - George Peele
11. Sound the Flute! - William Blake
12. Finale
London, to thee I do present... - anon. 13th cent
Which to prolong - Beaumont and Fletcher
Regards,
Bill Karzas [log in to unmask]