A SELECTION OF ART SONGS sung by RAHEL



What is an "Art Song"? Check Wikipedia to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_song Set list: 1. SHALL I SUE by John Dowland (1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowland 2. SALLEY GARDENS by Benjamin Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten 3. THREE RAVENS "The Three Ravens" (Child 26, Roud 5) is an English folk ballad, printed in the song book Melismata[1] compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611, but it is perhaps older than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThT 4. THE WATER IS WIDE The original version of "The Water is Wide" can be found in Folk Songs From Somerset. Third Series by Cecil Sharp and Charles Marson. http://www.justanothertune.com/html/wateriswide.html KARLA BONOFF's beautiful rendition: https://youtu.be/7EfHZtCKJGY 5. TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, The Star. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle,_Twinkle,_Little_Star

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