Recitative (bass) (Acworth, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Recitative (bass)

Language: English


Now the child of Ironbeard dead,
Fair Gudrun, doth Olaf wed,
Hoping thus, his wergild paying,
To redeem him from the slaying.

Input by Harold Ryan

Authorship

Harry Arbuthnot Acworth (1849-1933)

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

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

King Olaf

Date added to the website: 2009-10-02.

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