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  2. Sonnet 18 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 18 (also known as "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") is one of the best-known of the 154 sonnets written by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare.. In the sonnet, the speaker asks whether he should compare the Fair Youth to a summer's day, but notes that he has qualities that surpass a summer's day, which is one of the themes of the poem.

  3. List of songs based on poems - Wikipedia

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    "The Willow Song" performed by Barbara Bonney (Othello, Act IV, scene 3) "Music to hear, why hearst thou music sadly" performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" performed by Bryan Ferry ; Two pieces of Shakespeare's plays were set to music by Loreena McKennitt:

  4. John Rutter - Wikipedia

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    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? for SATB unaccompanied; Shepherd's Pipe Carol for SATB and piano or orchestra or for SSAA and piano or orchestra; Sing we to this merry company for SATB and orchestra or organ; Star Carol for mixed chorus and piano or orchestra or brass with optional children's voices or for unison and piano

  5. List of compositions by Charles Ives - Wikipedia

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    19 Songs "traditional" The Circus Band All summer long 56 H. or Ch. Ives The Collection Now help us, Lord 38 "stanzas from old hymns" The Coming of the Day Country Celestial Cradle Song Hush thee 33 19 Songs A. L. Ives December Last, for December 37 D. G. Rossetti, after San Geminiano: Disclosure Thoughts, which deeply rest 7 Ch. or H. Ives

  6. Land of Hope and Glory - Wikipedia

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    In Wales Aberystwyth Town supporters sing a version of the song, 'We all follow the Aber, over land and sea and Bangor! we all follow the Aber, on to victory'. Leeds United supporters sing a version of the song that goes as follows: 'Land of hope and glory, Yorkshire shall be free, We all follow United, onto victory'. In London, Spurs fans have ...

  7. Bill Moss (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Moss was born in 1931 in Selma, Alabama, and sang in a choir led by his older sister the late Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. He moved to Detroit, Michigan and formed The Celestials with his wife Essie Moss. Bill Moss & the Celestials would perform with acts such as The Staple Singers and Mighty Clouds of Joy at venues such as the Apollo Theater in ...

  8. Song for Athene - Wikipedia

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    The music reaches a climax after the sixth intonation of alleluia with the lines "Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you." Alleluia is then sung a seventh time as a coda. Following the example of traditional Byzantine music, a continuous ison [7] or drone underlies the work. [4]

  9. John Goss (composer) - Wikipedia

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    Goss composed a small amount of orchestral music in this period. Two overtures, in F minor and E flat major, written circa 1824, were performed and published in 1827, with considerable success. [4] He composed incidental music for John Banim's melodrama The Serjeant's Wife, performed at the English Opera House on 24 July 1827.