20 SONGS FOR TENOR AND PIANO
on poems by Walter de la Mare
PUBLISHER
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
CATALOG NUMBER
8589
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DESCRIPTION
PEACOCK PIE is a collection of 20 short songs based on Walter de la Mare’s book of childrens’ poetry first published in 1913. This is a song cycle of boys in childhood, fancifully portraying the pets, school experiences, tales of knights and horsemen, long summer days, and life’s lessons learned while growing up – told with humor, affection, imagination, and courage.
TEXTS
1 – The Horseman
2 – The Bandog
3 – The Sea Boy
4 – Jim Jay
5 – Cake and Sack
6 – The Huntsman
7 – Tired Tim
8 – The Dunce
9 – Poor Henry
10 – The Quartette
11 – Full Moon
12 – Summer Evening
13 – Five Eyes
14 – The Ruin
15 – All But Blind
16 – Will Ever?
17 – The Penny Owing
18 – The Horseman
19 – The Song of the Mad Prince
20 – The Song of ‘Finis’
YEAR OF COMPOSITION
1992
DURATION
26 minutes
DEDICATION
Jessica, Nicholas, and Brennan Hall
FIRST PERFORMANCE
May 14, 1995
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Christopher Walker, tenor
Juliana Hall, piano
LISTEN
Christopher Walker, tenor
Juliana Hall, piano
The Horseman
The Bandog
The Sea Boy
Jim Jay
Cake and Sack
The Huntsman
Tired Tim
The Dunce
Poor Henry
The Quartette
Full Moon
Summer Evening
Five Eyes
The Ruin
All But Blind
Will Ever?
The Penny Owing
The Horseman
The Song of the Mad Prince
The Song of ‘Finis’