Three Songs to Poems by Arthur Symons

Three Songs is a set of songs for high voice and piano composed in 1918–19 by John Ireland (1879–1962). It consists of settings of three poems by Arthur Symons (1865–1945).

For other works by Ireland with a similar title, see Three Songs (Ireland) (1926) and Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy.

A typical performance of the songs as a set takes seven minutes.[1] The poems are:[2]

  1. "The Adoration" [3][4]
  2. "The Rat" [5][6]
  3. "Rest" [6][7]

References
  1. John Ireland: Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "Texts to Three Songs: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. The Adoration: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
  4. "List of works – A to B". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. The Rat: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
  6. "List of works – Q to S". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. Rest: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)


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