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BTC209 THE SAILOR'S CONSOLATION (THE STORM)

For voice and piano, J.Op 16
Opus number: J.Op 16
Other opus numbers: J.OpC 4.1
Composition date: Aug 1924
Genre: Solo vocal
Text: William Pitt (d. 1840)

The author of this poem was a shipbuilder, and not related to the eighteenth-century statesmen. The text of this poem has sometimes been attributed to Charles Dibdin (1745-1814).

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