Three Shakespeare Songs

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Three Shakespeare Songs was written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in June of 1951 for the British Federation of Music Festivals, National Competitive Festival. It is a set of three pieces, published by Oxford University Press and written for a cappella SATB choir. The texts for the set was taken from two of William Shakespeare's plays.

  1. Full Fathom Five with text from Act 1 of The Tempest
  2. The Cloud-Capp'd Towers with text from Act 4 of The Tempest
  3. Over Hill, Over Dale with text from Act 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream

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