Ledwidge, Francis, 1887-1917

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....