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==Life==
==Life==


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==Publications==   
==Publications==   


Come, My Way, My Truth, My Light
The ''Five Mystical Songs'' for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra of [[Ralph Vaughan-Williams]] are set to poetry of Herbert.  The most popular of these songs is probably ''Come, my Way, my Truth, my Light'' (solo only, chorus ''tacet''), a bowdlerized adaptation of which appears as in several hymnals.


==External links==
==External links==


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert/ WIKIPEDIA article on George Herbert]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert/ WIKIPEDIA article on George Herbert]
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[[Category:Lyricists|Herbert, George]]
[[Category:Lyricists|Herbert, George]]

Revision as of 18:56, 12 February 2007

Life

English 16th Century Priest, whose poetry has been set by many composers.

Publications

The Five Mystical Songs for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra of Ralph Vaughan-Williams are set to poetry of Herbert. The most popular of these songs is probably Come, my Way, my Truth, my Light (solo only, chorus tacet), a bowdlerized adaptation of which appears as in several hymnals.

External links

WIKIPEDIA article on George Herbert