Two Songs is a pair of songs for voice and piano composed in 1917–18 by John Ireland (1879–1962). Both are settings of poems by Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) from his collection 1914.

A performance of both songs takes around 6 minutes. The songs are:

  1. "The Soldier"
  2. "Blow Out, You Bugles"

References



Songs of Innocence A Cradle Song (second plate) 1917 by William Blake

Two Songs, WoO 17 by F. MendelssohnBartholdy sheet music on MusicaNeo

Forwoods ScoreStore Italian Songs of the 17th & 18th Centuries Volume

Top 40 Pop Song Chart for 1917

Decorated Songs of the 1820s Museum of Music History