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Songs from the Chinese Poets are series of song settings, by Granville Bantock.〔Martin Clayton, Bennett Zon ''Music and Orientalism in the British Empire, 1780s-1940s'' 2007 0754656047 page 143 "Over the next few years Bantock produced a few other Oriental works, such as a Choral Suite from the Chinese (1914) and 25 Songs from the Chinese Poets (191 8-20) with English texts by his friend Captain L. A. Cranmer Byng, ..."〕 The English song texts were mainly supplied by Captain L. A. Cranmer Byng (1872-1945), who had also supplied the text for ''Choral Suite from the Chinese'' (1914). Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng was part of the Byng baronets family and wrote various books on China.〔Myrrha Bantock ''Granville Bantock: a personal portrait'' 1972 p161 "The English texts were mostly supplied by Captain L. A. Cranmer Byng. The two men, both Welsh bards, struck up a close friendship. They were often seen together at the National Eisteddfod of Wales — a distinguished pair, one in white and .."〕 ==Songs== ''Songs from the Chinese, Series I'' (1918) *The Old Fisherman of the Mists and Waters *The Ghost Road (Tu Fu) *Under the Moon *The Celestial Weaver *Return of Spring ''Songs from the Chinese, Series II'', (1919) *The Tomb of Chao-Chun *A Dream of Spring (Ts'en Ts'an) *Desolation (Kao-Shih) *The Island of Pines *The Pavillon of Abundant Joy ''Songs from the Chinese, Series III'' *A Feast of Lanterns (Yuan Mei) *Adrift (Li Po) :(list incomplete) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs from the Chinese Poets (Bantock)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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