Land of Lost Content, The

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 440 words | Copyright

Land of Lost Content, The. Song-cycle by Ireland, comp. 1920–1, of 6 poems from A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. Orig. for high v. and pf. Titles are: 1. The Lent Lily, 2. Ladslove, 3. Goal and wicket, 4. The vain desire, 5. The Encounter, 6. Epilogue. Written for Gervase Elwes, who died before he could sing it. Ireland set 3 more Housman poems under title We'll To The Woods No More (1926–7), No.3 being for pf. alone.

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