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Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann Author:Michael Flanders, Donald Swann Collection of 41 songs of Flanders and Swann. The lyrics are set out in full and are followed by newly notated arrangements of the songs. In a characteristic introduction, Donald Swann tells of his lengthy collaboration with Michael Flanders and what led to the making of this most brilliant team of British song writers and performers. — The lyric... more »s and songs in this book range from their early contributions to Laurier Lister's intimate revues of the late forties and early fifties (Airs on a Shoestring, Fresh Airs, etc.) containing such numbers as Design for Living, Guide to Britten, The Hippo, Madeira M'Dear, to their own performances in the unforgettable At the Drop of a Hat.
There are numerous illustrations by distinguished artists and cartoonists, including Heath-Robinson, Osbert Lancaster, Scarfe, Hewison and Lowry, to accompany some of the numbers, including a specially commissioned set of twelve by ffolkes for the animal songs from The Armadillo to the Wild Boar.« less