Tears, Idle Tears - SOP/BSN/PN

Tears, Idle Tears

for soprano, bassoon, and piano

by Willard Elliot (1926-2000) American bassoonist, composer & publisher.  Principal bassoon of the Chicago Symphony from 1964-1996.

From the Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Composed December 28, 1947 in memory of the 10th Anniversary of the death of Maurice Ravel.