Donald Swann
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Biography
Donald Swann, born on September 30, 1923, in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, was a British composer, musician, singer, and entertainer. He attended Westminster School, where he first met Michael Flanders, with whom he later formed a musical partnership. In 1948, they began writing songs together, leading to the revues At the Drop of a Hat (1957) and At the Drop of Another Hat (1964), performed worldwide until 1967. Swann also composed classical music, including settings for C.S. Lewis's Perelandra and J.R.R. Tolkienâs poems from The Lord of the Rings, titled "The Road Goes Ever On" (1968). He continued performing solo concerts throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Swann died on March 23, 1994, at Trinity Hospice in South London.
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Albums
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- It Was a Lover, and His Lass
- See, Dearest, How the Rose
- A Red, Red Rose
- A Transport Of Delight featuring Michael Flanders
- Marguerite
- She Is All Harmony, All Wonder
- Some People's Dreams
- Bilbo's Last Song
- He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
- Ya vas lyubil, "I Loved You Once"
- Design For Living featuring Flanders and Swann
- An Invite to Eternity
- Hippopotamus by Donald Swann
- Down Below featuring Ian Wallace
- The Harlot's House
- The Wart Hog featuring Ian Wallace
- In the Mist
- All My Life's A Circle featuring Digby Fairweather
- Raiders' Dawn
- Longing
- The Gnu Song featuring Michael Flanders
- Oh, Why Are the Roses so Pale?
- Dark Rose of My Heart
- Green Sleeves featuring Donald Swann
