Three Songs (Ireland, 1926)

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{{for|other works by Ireland with a similar title|Three Songs to Poems by Arthur Symons|Three Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy}}

Three Songs is a set of songs for voice and piano composed in 1926 by John Ireland (1879{{ndash}}1962). It consists of settings of three poems by various poets.{{cite web

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A typical performance of the three songs as a set takes 8 minutes. The poems are:{{Allmusic

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1. "Love and Friendship" (Emily Brontë (1818{{ndash}}48), from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey)
2. "Friendship in Misfortune" (poet not identified)
3. "The One Hope" (Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828{{ndash}}82), from Poems (1870))