
Songs
The vagabond
(1904)
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Songs of Travel
The vagabond
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Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. Over sixty years, he composed operas, ballets, chamber music, vocal pieces and orchestral compositions. He was strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song.
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Poet
Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely, in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Stevenson spent several years in search of a location suited to his health, before finally settling in Samoa, where he died.
A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson attracted a more negative critical response for much of the 20th century, though his reputation has been largely restored. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.
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Previously performed at:
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
(As part of a song cycle/series:)
- 28 Feb 2021: 08. Songs of Travel: James Platt & Lada Valešová
- 02 Apr 2020: Songs of Travel: Benjamin Appl & Simon Lepper
- 19 Oct 2018: Songs of Travel: Nicholas Mogg & Jâms Coleman
- 03 Mar 2017: James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook
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