The Kingfisher's Tower (Cranmer-Byng, set by G. Bantock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery
At the first call of Spring the fair young bride,
On whom as yet Sorrow has laid no scar,
Climbs the Kingfisher's Tower. Suddenly
She sees the bloom of willows far and wide,
And grieves for him she lent to fame and war.

Authorship

Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872-1945)

A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China

Based on

text

Wang-Chang-Ling (698-765)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Songs from the Chinese Poets: Set IV

Date added to the website: 2009-02-26.

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