Publisher's Synopsis
(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). For the first time, the lovely songs of British composer Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) are collected together in one volume, in two keys. This new collection includes some first time transpositions as well. Contents: I SAID TO LOVE: I need no go * At Middle-Field Gate in February * Two Lips * In five-score summers! * For Life I had never cared greatly * I said to Love. LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death * Who is Sylvia? * Fear no more the heat o' the sun * O Mistress Mine * It was a lover and his lass. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST: Songs for Hiems and Ver * Songs for Moth: Riddle Song * False Concolinel. OH FAIR TO SEE: I say, "I'll seek her"* Oh fair to see * As I lay in the early sun * Only the wanderer * To Joy * Harvest * Since we loved. TILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth * In years defaced * The Market-Girl * I look into my glass * It never looks like summer * At a Lunar Eclipse * Life Laughs Onward. TO A POET: To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence * On parent knees * Intrada * The Birthnight * June on Castle Hill * Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia. A YOUNG MAN'S EXHORTATION: PART I: A Young Man's Exhortation * Ditty * Budmouth Dears * Her Temple * The Comet at Yell'ham * PART II: Shortening Days * The Sigh * Former Beauties * Transformations * The Dance Continued.
