Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Willow Song (Octarium)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958):
THE WILLOW SONG
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century.
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“The Willow Song” was composed in 1891 (published 1913). It is no. 2 of "Three Elizabethan Partsongs" (the others being “Sweet Day” and ”O Mistress Mine").
The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
Sing all a green willow:
Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
Sing willow, willow, willow:
The fresh streams ran by her, and murmur'd her moans;
Sing willow, willow, willow;
Her salt tears fell from her, and soften'd the stones;
Sing willow, willow, willow;
Sing all a green willow must be my garland.
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(William Shakespeare, Desdemona's song (Othello), ~1604)
Octarium (2006)
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