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The Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
The 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... more » lyrics 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.