Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks studied composition with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Nadia Boulanger, among other teachers. In addition to  songs, she also composed several operas and orchestral works, and worked as a music critic for the New York Herald Tribune for a time.

Mimic Heaven, or 5 Songs to texts by A.E. Housman, is available through the Australia Music Center or through Inter-Library Loan (OCLC number is 1850131) in case the other company doesn't ship to the U.S.

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.

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