THE writer of these songs, whose String Quartet was broadcast some time ago, and who has also composed a Light Opera, is a Welsh woman composer of today who has been attracted by the lyrical beauty, the colour and spontaneity of the verses from Heine's Song Book.
The thought in each of the songs may thus be summed up :-
Sorrows of Youth, No. 4. When I am with my love, I feel as rich as a merchant who could buy the world. But when I have to part from her, I am a beggar.
No. 14. At first it seemed as if I could not bear it. And I have borne it..... But do not ask me how.
No. 17. When youthful hearts break, the stars look down from heaven and laugh. And they say : ' This mortal love kills people. Only death ends it. But we are not mortal. That is why we last for ever.'
Lyric Intermezzo, No. 32. The blue violets of your eyes, the red roses of your cheeks, the white lilies of your little hends, all bloom like a garden of fresh flowers. But your heart is as dry and withered as a desert.
No. 45. Whenever I hear the song which once my love sang to me, I go out into the wild places and there, alone, give vent to my woe.