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Five Sixteenth-Century Poems is a song cycle for voice and piano composed in 1938 by John Ireland (1879–1962).

A performance takes about 10 minutes. The poems are:

1. "A Thanksgiving" (William Cornysh (1465–1523))
2. "All in a Garden Green" (Thomas Howell (fl. 1568))
3. "An Aside" (Anon.)
4. "A Report Song" (Nicholas Breton (1542–1626))
5. "The Sweet Season" (Richard Edwardes (1525–66))

References

1. "List of works – E to F". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
2. John Ireland: Sixteenth-Century Poems (5), for voice & piano at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
3. "Texts to Five XVIth Century Poems: Song Cycle by John Ireland". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
4. John Ireland: A thanksgiving, for voice & piano (from "Sixteenth-Century Poems (5)") at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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