© Robin S Stevens 2017
John Percival Ingram (1915-1997) - Musician, Composer,
Music Educator and Music Publisher
To Musique - Suite for Viola with Pianoforte and Tenor
Poem*
To Musique - Prelude
Viola and Pianoforte
Soft Musick
Tenor and Viola
Againe
Tenor and Viola
Upon Julie’s Voice
Tenor and Viola
To Musick - A Song
Soprano, Viola and Pianoforte
To Musick
Tenor and Viola
Onely a little more
Tenor and Viola
Upon a Gentlewoman
with a Sweet Voice
Tenor and Viola
Upon her Voice
Tenor and Viola
Poem*
To Musique - Epilogue
Viola and Pianoforte
* text included in the score (PDF) that follows
John Igram was much influenced by poetry, in particular the sonnets of Shakespeare and the poems of the English Cavalier poet
Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Ingram spent considerable effort on setting poems to music, including his three-part Herrick’s Garden:
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Part 1 - Morning in Herrick’s Garden - “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”; “to violets, to carnations”
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Part 2 - Noon in the garden - “to daffodils, to daisies not to haste wasy so soon”
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Part 3 Evening in the garden
Ingram arranged some of the music from Herrick’s Garden into a shorter work entitled To Musique - Suite for Viola with Pianoforte
and Tenor. The score and audio recordings of this work are accessible below.
Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Ingram spent considerable effort on setting poems to music, including his three-part Herrick’s Garden:
•
Part 1 - Morning in Herrick’s Garden - “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”; “to violets, to carnations”
•
Part 2 - Noon in the garden - “to daffodils, to daisies not to haste wasy so soon”
•
Part 3 Evening in the garden
Ingram arranged some of the music from Herrick’s Garden into a shorter work entitled To Musique - Suite for Viola with Pianoforte
and Tenor. The score and audio recordings of this work are accessible below.
