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Ledwidge, Francis, 1887-1917

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1887 - 1917

Gender

  • male

Occupations

Places

Languages Used

  • English

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Five songs to poems of Francis Ledwidge, 2012

 Item
Identifier: MS008
Scope and Contents Five Songs to Poems of Francis Ledwidge. For tenor and orchestra. Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays. CONTENTS: 1. To Matty McGoona -- 2. My Mother -- 3. When Love and Beauty Wander Away -- By Faughan -- To One Who Comes Now and Then. Orchestra: 3 Flutes; Piccolo (Flt III); 2 Oboes; Cor Anglais; E-flat Clarinet; 2 B-flat clarinets; Bass Clarinet; 2 Bassoons; Contra Bassoon; 4 Horns in F; 3 Trumpets in C; 3 Trombones; Tuba; Harp; Celesta; Strings; Percussion. Note at end: 1st draft July 15, 2012;...
Dates: 2012

Five songs to poems of Francis Ledwidge: for high voice (tenor) and piano, 1999

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Identifier: MS007
Scope and Contents Five songs to poems of Francis Ledwidge. For high voice (tenor) and piano. [Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays]. Contents: 1. To Matty McGoona -- 2. My mother -- 3. When love and beauty wander away -- 4. By Faughan -- 5. To one who comes now and then. Dedication: in memory of Miss Pattie Marshall. The lyricist: Lance Corporal Francis Ledwidge (Irish poet and soldier of WW I), 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Born August 19th,...
Dates: 1999

Five spring songs of Francis Ledwidge, 2015

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Identifier: PS039
Scope and Contents Five Spring Songs of Francis Ledwidge. Vocal solo for mezzo-soprano and B-flat clarinet. Texts by Francis Ledwidge. Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays. Spring I -- Spring II -- Desire in spring -- May morning -- Evening in England. Song cycle with poetry of Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917), an Irish laborer, miner, soldier and war poet from County Meath sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds," who was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War II [sic]. Publisher's no....
Dates: 2015

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