Table of Contents

Introduction: The Diverse Study of Poetry through Song A Definition of English Song ROGER QUILTER Index Biographical Notes Songs, alphabetical Arab Love Song Blow thou winter wind Bracelet, The By a Fountainside Cherry Ripe Come Away Death Constant Lover, The Daybreak Dream Valley Fair House of Joy Fear no more the heat o' the sun Go Lovely Rose Hey, Ho the Wind and the Rain How should I your true love know? I arise from dreams of thee It was a lover and his lass Jealous Lover, The Julia's Hair Love's Philosophy Maiden Blush, The Music and Moonlight Music, when soft voices die Night-Piece, The Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal O mistress mine Over the Mountains Take O take those lips away To Althea from Prison To Daisies Under the greenwood tree Weep you no more sad fountains When Icicles Hang by the Wall Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Boxes Song List by Opus Discography Printed Music Guide to Grades IVOR GURNEY Index Biographical Notes A Personal Note Note on Song Order Songs, alphabetical All Night under the Moon Aspens, The Black Stitchel Bread and Cherries By a Bierside Cloths of Heaven, The Cradle Song, A Desire in Spring Down by the Salley Gardens Epitaph, An Even such is Time Far Country, The Far in a Western Brookland Fiddler of Dooney, The Fields are Full, The Folly of being Comforted, The Golden Friends In Flanders Is my team ploughing? I will go with my father a-ploughing Loveliest of Trees Ludlow Fair March On the idle hill of summer Orpheus with his Lute Reveille Scribe, The Severn Meadows Singer, The Sleep Spring Tears The Lent Lily Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town Twa Corbies, The Twice a Week Under the Greenwood Tree When I was one and twenty When Smoke Stood Up from Ludlow Song List by Publication Discography Printed Music

About the Author

Nicola Harrison has a unique portfolio of skills, all brought to bear in this book. As a school-leaver she won a scholarship to train with the mezzo-soprano Pamela Bowden and went on to be taught by the late Pamela Cook MBE (RNCM) and, in Spain, by legendary mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. Following graduation in English at the University of Oxford, she went on to train in nursing at the Westminster and Chelsea Hospital, London, during which time she was awarded the prestigious Wolfson Prize. After qualifying, she specialized in Ear, Nose and Throat and Voice Clinic. Nicola has also worked as a journalist and writer, contributing to national newspapers and singing-related media. Currently, she is Lecturer in Singing and Song Interpretation at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, Lecturer in Teacher's Voice at Westminster College of Education, London, and is a visiting lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. She has also been the voice and singing coach to the choral scholars of Brasenose College, University of Oxford and, in the past, to the young stars of Billy Elliot the Musical. Many of her students have gone on to become highly successful professionals. In addition, she continues to perform the Spanish repertoire with the critically-acclaimed touring company, Casa Margarita. In her teaching and research she has focused on clarifying the language used to teach singing, resulting in a highly effective anatomy-based vocabulary for conveying a solid and liberated vocal technique.