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BTC1065 FSA: AVENGING AND BRIGHT (CROOGHAN A VENEE) [4/1, MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES]

For high voice and piano
Composition date: 1957
Genre: Folk song
Text: Thomas Moore
Duration: note

1.5 mins

Dedication: 'To Anthony Gishford'

Dedicatee of the published volume. Anthony Gishford (1908-1975), British music publisher, and director of Boosey & Hawkes.

Notes

The first title is that of the text, the second (in parentheses) that of the tune to which the words are set.

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