Author: SHAKESPEARE (William):
Title: Six Shakespeare Songs The Original Elizabethan Melodies arranged for Recorder Trio by Imogen Holst.
Description: London: Schott, 1941. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 12mo, 116 x 151 mms., pp. 11 [12 adverts], rust coloured wrappers, with adverts on verso of rear leaf. A very good copy Contents: 1. O mistress mine! -- 2. Jog on, jog on -- 3. How should I your true love know? -- 4. Tomorrow is St. Valentine's day -- 5. It was a lover and his lass -- 6. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Imogen Clare Holst CBE (née von Holst; 1907 – 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and festival administrator, the only child of the composer Gustave Holst (1874 - 1934). She edited numerous pieces of music, but perhaps her most famous association was with the composer Benjamin Britten and Peters: she moved to Aldeburgh and remained until her death. The songs here are 1. O mistress mine! 2. Jog on, jog on 3. How should I your true love know? 4. Tomorrow is St. Valentine's day - 5. It was a lover and his lass 6. When that I was and a little tiny boy.

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