Opening of the first song in the 'Child's Play' song cycle
Child's Play
John B. Hawkins

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Instrumentation

Piano
1
Soprano
1

Additional Information

Settings of four Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson from 'A Child's Garden of Verses' following on from my teacher Malcolm Williamson's settings from the same book.

First performed by soprano Judy Mackerras in Lewes 2023 with Howard Beech (piano)

Tags

art song

Details

Year

United Kingdom

Score file
Child's Play.pdf
Minutes
6