Let us Garlands Bring
Let us Garlands Bring. Song-cycle of 5 songs by Finzi for bar. and pf. (or orch.) to words by Shakespeare. Comp. 1929–42. F.p. London, 12 Oct. 1942, on 70th birthday of Vaughan Williams, to whom it is dedicated. 1. Come away, death (1938); 2. Who is Sylvia? (1929); 3. Fear no more the heat o' the sun (1929); 4. O mistress mine (1942); 5. It was a lover and his lass (1940).
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