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Spring, the sweet spring
Some background to the poem Spring, the sweet Spring by Elizabethan poet Thomas Nashe, which Canasg composer Douglas Cook has set to music.11 August 2025
In Bethlehem, that Fair City
In Bethlehem, that Fair City is a joyful tumble of cascading phrases for SSA voices, by Douglas Cook. As with many carols of this period, the text is macaronic i.e.…15 July 2025