Three Song Cycles
- Author / Editor
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph.
Three Song Cycles
- Published
- Franklin Lakes, N. J.: Desto Records, 1970.
- Physical Description
- Sound recording; LP record (DC-6482A).
- Description
- Side one includes a recording of Chaucer's MercB, set to music by Vaughn Williams, and sung by Lois Winter (soprano), accompanied by Marvin Morgenstern (violin), Hiroko Yajima Rhodes (violin), and John Goberman (cello). An inner sheet includes the text of Chaucer's poem, and the jacket notes describe the poem as "three rondels attributed to Chaucer," dating the first performance of the musical piece to October 21, 1921 (in "London's Aeolian Hall"). The LP also includes "Along the Field" (set to words by A. E. Housman) and "Ten Blake Songs."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Recordings and Films
- Merciles Beaute.
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion