Singing to Sleep

Song Collection

Singing to Sleep is a song cycle of three lullabies by Scott Wheeler setting the poetry of an anonymous 17th century poet, Randall Jarrell (after Rainer Maria Rilke), and W. H. Auden.

This song cycle won the Delius Prize in 1989 and third prize in the Vocal Composers Guild competition in 1986.

Date: 1984Composer: Scott Wheeler

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