Description

Lyrics: Geoffrey Chaucer
Music: Robert Russell Bennett
Publisher: Maurice River Press
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Soprano Voice, String Quartet (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello)
For the music director of His Majesty’s Theatre in London, Bennett chose to set the three poems of « Merciless Beauty », ascribed to Geoffrey Chaucer, the « Father of English Literature » of « Canterbury Tales » fame. Bennett intended the work « for women’s voice or voices » with string quartet. Bennett concurrently prepared a voice and piano version.
Duration: 7:16