Bridge’s songs follow the general pattern of his musical development. The shadow of the Victorian smoking-room concert hangs over some of the earliest of them, but the three with poems by Rabindranath Tagore, included in this volume (Day after Day; Speak to me, my love!; Dweller in my Deathless Dreams), were written in the early twenties, and although they lack the tension and dissonance of the Piano Sonata, they have a sophistication of harmony and technique that links them with the slightly la...

• Day after day (E – E)
• Dweller in my deathless dreams (C – A)
• Journey’s end (D – E)
• Speak to me, my love (D – G)