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Merciless Beauty
composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
1921
author of text
Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400)

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Faber Music Ltd

Recordings
Cover of 'Vaughan Williams: Songs' (CDA67168)
Vaughan Williams: Songs
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The Nash Ensemble
Details
No 1: Your eyën two
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The Nash Ensemble
Track 1 on CDA67168 [2'35]
English
No 2: So hath your beauty
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The Nash Ensemble
Track 2 on CDA67168 [2'35]
English
No 3: Since I from love
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The Nash Ensemble
Track 3 on CDA67168 [1'12]
English
Merciless Beauty
The beneficent influence of folksong can be felt in Merciless Beauty, settings of three rondels by Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in 1921, they were first performed by Steuart Wilson (tenor) at a recital in the Aeolian Hall on 4 October that year.

from notes by Michael Hurd © 2000

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