Basic Details

Title
Five Songs from William Blake (baritone and piano)
Availability
Available
Category
Vocal (Solo or Small Ensemble)
Instrumentation
Bar: pft
Duration
18'
Publisher
Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc.
Premiere
  • World: Louisville, KY, February 6th, 1952 (Mack Harrell, baritone)
Edition/Catalog #
HL 00227474
Parts/Movements
  1. The Divine Image
  2. Tiger! Tiger!
  3. The Land of Dreams
  4. The Little Black Boy
  5. "And Did Those Feet"
Version Of
Five Songs from William Blake (W37)
Versions
Tiger! Tiger! (chorus and piano) (W85)

Cataloging Information

Copyright
©1953 Southern; ©1981 Virgil Thomson
Year Composed
1951
Year Published
1953
M.S. Location
The Virgil Thomson Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University
Cardell Number
V32[A-B]
Meckna Number
W130

Additional Info

Texts
William Blake
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Related Works

Five Songs from William Blake - Related Works

Five Songs from William Blake for baritone and orchestra (1951; Southern; See W37) also arranged for baritone and piano (1951; Southern; See W130)

Second movement, Tiger! Tiger! also arranged for mixed chorus (SATB) and piano or men's chorus (TTBB) and piano (1955; Southern; See W85)