Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC1070 FSA: RICH AND RARE (SUMMER IS COMING) [4/6, MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES]

For high voice and piano

Composition date: 1957

Genre: Folk song

Text: Thomas Moore

Duration: 3'

Dedication: 'To Anthony Gishford'

Dedicatee of the published volume. Anthony Gishford (1908-1975), British music publisher, and director of Boosey & Hawkes.

The first title is that of the text, the second (in parentheses) that of the tune to which the words are set.

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