From: Margaret Harrison
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Subject: Re: Art songs in English
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Amy Hespenheide wrote:

> Hello list. . .
> I have not been on the list for two weeks or so (the holidays, etc.),
> and it's certainly going to be a few days before I catch up! But I
> wanted to ask for suggestions for a new song to learn -- do you have a
> favorite art song for mezzo in English?

I'm not a mezzo, but if I were, I'd work on Benjamin Britten's "A Charm of Lullabies".
And on my own "list" are some of Britten's folk song settings, which aren't art song,
strictly speaking, but Britten makes them art song with his settings.

Peggy

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Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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