John Glenesk Mortimer
3 Songs for Natsuko
for Voice & Piano
John Glenesk Mortimer
3 Songs for Natsuko
for Voice & Piano
- Instrumentation Piano and Voice
- Composer John Glenesk Mortimer
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Score Download
- Publisher Editions Marc Reift
- Order no. EMR51820-DL
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Description:
I - Ring out, wild bells (Alfred Tennyson) This is a poem for New Year's Eve, when the bells ring out at midnight. The bells are meant to "ring out" all the negatives of life: dishonesty, pain, war, malice, greed for gold, and they are meant to "ring in" the "nobler ways of life", such as the love of truth and justice, peace, "the brave and free man, the larger heart, the more generous hand." II - What Passing Bells (Wilfrid Owen) This poem is a bitter critique of the horror and futility of war. The poet himself was killed in the trenches during the First World War at the age of 25. III - It Was a Lover and his Lass (William Shakespeare) This was intended by the author to be sung, as part of his comedy 'As You Like It'. The words are joyous description of This was intended by the author to be sung, as part of his comedy 'As You Like It'. The words are joyous description of lovers enjoying a beautiful spring day in the country.