I just remembered some other really wonderful songs...
There are 3 (I believe) books of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon. There's a
wonderful lullaby (sort of) in one of them called "Stars" which is
absolutely gorgeous, as well as lots of other great songs as well.
There's also a very nice songbook of music by Theodore Chanler you might
want to check out. It includes a couple (or 4) cycles called "The
Children", "Four Rhymes From Peacock Pie", "Three Epitaphs", and "Three
Months and a Rabbit".
In addition, there's a book called "The Faces of Love, the songs of Jake
Heggie". The book I have (book 2) is billed as being for mezzo-soprano &
piano (I got it for a specific piece even though I'm not a mezzo). It
includes a 2-song cycle I think is really fun called "Of Gods and Cats", as
well as a couple of other cycles entitled "Paper Wings" and "Songs to the
Moon" which features in Part 1, "Fairy-Tales for the Children" (this is the
one I got the book for in the first place).
Good luck! There's some really great English songs out there. It's going
to be hard to choose I'm sure!
All the best,
Laura Ruiz
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