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Born in Fockbury, Worcestershire (England), A. E. Housman was a distinguished professor of the classics, first at University College (London) and then at Trinity College (Cambridge).
He was also the author of two popular books of poetry: A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922). A Shropshire Lad was not popular at first, but at the dawning of World War I, the volume gained in popularity due to its “nostalgic depiction of brave English soldiers.” Housman’s popularity can also be traced to the various composers who set his poetry to music.
–Christie Finn Source: The Academy of American Poets
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Songs
Aftermath
Song CollectionNed Rorem
John Scott of Amwell
William Blake
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Richard Eberhart
A. E. Housman
Randall Jarrell
John Hollander
William Shakespeare
Walter Savage Landor
Muriel Rukeyser
Far in a Western Brookland
Libby Larsen
A. E. Housman
Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
Song CollectionBob Scher
A. E. Housman
From Far, From Eve and Morning
Marc Blitzstein
A. E. Housman
Into My Heart, Op. 54, no. 1
Margaret Ruthven Lang
A. E. Housman
Into My Heart an Air
Marc Blitzstein
A. E. Housman
Into My Heart an Air That Kills
Bob Scher
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
Is My Team Ploughing?
Bob Scher
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
Bob Scher
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
Quiet Airs
Song CollectionErnst Bacon
Sara Teasdale
Emily Brontë
Walt Whitman
Robert Herrick
Emily Dickinson
A. E. Housman
William Blake
Reveille
John Woods Duke
A. E. Housman
Stars
Ernst Bacon
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Quiet Airs
Three Songs, Op. 2
Song CollectionSamuel Barber
James Stephens
A. E. Housman
Tygers of Wrath
Ned Rorem
William Blake
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Aftermath
When I Was One-and-Twenty
Bob Scher
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
With Rue My Heart is Laden
Bob Scher
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"
With Rue My Heart is Laden
George Walker
A. E. Housman
With Rue My Heart is Laden (op. 2, no. 2)
Samuel Barber
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: Three Songs, Op. 2
White in the Moon
Jake Heggie
A. E. Housman
With Rue My Heart Is Laden
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
If It Chance Your Eye Offend You
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
If Truth In Hearts That Perish
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Oh Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Say Lad, Have You Things To Do?
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Be Still, My Soul (#7)
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Be Still, My Soul (#8)
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Oh, When I Was In Love With You
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Look Not In My Eyes
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
From Far, From Eve And Morning
Beverly Benjamin Cole
A. E. Housman
Song Collection: A Shropshire Lad
Books
Sheet Music
Aftermath
Composer(s): Ned Rorem
Song(s): 1. The Drum
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then
Quiet Airs
Composer(s): Ernst Bacon
Song(s): 1. Twilight
2. Gentle Greeting
3. The Divine Ship
4. Of Love
5. Eden
6. The Little Stone
7. Fond Affection
8. Stars
9. The Heart
10. Song of Snow-White Heads
11. The Lamb
12. To Musique, To Becalme His Fever