Whither Must I Wander

Whither Must I Wander is a song composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams and its lyrics consist of a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Stevenson poem, entitled "Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?", [http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/rls05.html#16 Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?] ] forms part of the collection of poems and songs called "Songs of Travel and Other Verses" [http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/rls04.html Songs of Travel and Other Verses - Content] ] published in 1895, [http://dinamico.unibg.it/rls/bib_detailed.htm Songs of Travel and Other Verses - Publication] ] and is originally intended to be sung to the tune of Wandering Willie by Robert Burns. [http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/rls05.html#16 Home no more home to me, whither must I wander?] ] [http://www.online-literature.com/robert-burns/2504/ Wandering Willie] ]

Between 1901 and 1904 Vaughan Williams set nine of Stevenson's poems to music is his song cycle Songs of Travel, in which "Whither Must I Wander", arranged in 1902, [http://www.rvwsociety.com/workschoral.html The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society] ] constitutes song no. 7. [http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/assemble_texts.html?SongCycleId=30 Songs of Travel] ]

In 2005, Martha Wainwright included the song on her self-titled and acclaimed debut album "Martha Wainwright".

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* [http://artsongcentral.com/2007/vaughan-williams-whither-must-i-wander/ Sheet music for Whither Must I Wander]