Songs of Sunset

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Songs of Sunset is a song cycle by English composer Frederick Delius, known for its lush orchestration and setting of melancholic, introspective poetry.

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Songs of Sunset canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song cycle ⓘ
basedOn poems by Ernest Dowson ⓘ
composer Frederick Delius ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Frederick Delius ⓘ
genre choral music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 20th-century English choral repertoire ⓘ
hasPart orchestral prelude ⓘ
vocal movements ⓘ
hasQuality introspective ⓘ
lush orchestration ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement A song of the setting sun ⓘ
Clocks and lovers ⓘ
I was not sorrowful ⓘ
O Mors ⓘ
See how the trees ⓘ
They are not long ⓘ
They are not long (reprise) ⓘ
Vitae summa brevis ⓘ
notableFor expressive orchestration ⓘ
rich harmonic language ⓘ
subtle choral writing ⓘ
partOf Frederick Delius’s vocal-orchestral works ⓘ
scoredFor baritone ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
style impressionistic ⓘ
late-Romantic ⓘ
textAuthor Ernest Dowson ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
transience of life ⓘ

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Frederick Delius → notableWork → Songs of Sunset ⓘ
Sea Drift → relatedWorkByComposer → Songs of Sunset ⓘ