Donald Swann  (1923-1994)
Last updated: 06.08.25
According to the Internet source given below, Donald Swann was a British composer born in Llanelli, Wales of Russian parents, refugees from the Russian Revolution. He was brought up with Russian folk song and four-hand piano reductions of the Russian and European Romantics.
Websites:
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book15.gif  The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story Michael Flanders flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
book15.gif  book15.gif   The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Donald Swann flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
book15.gif  The Space between the Bars: a book of reflections Donald Swann flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
book15.gif  Swann's Way : A Life in Song Donald Swann flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
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Recorder Music CDs:
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 52 works by Donald Swann (1923-1994). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Hippotamus Song, The 1952 Michael Flanders (words)
Album, The ?
All Gall ? Michael Flanders (words)
Armadillo, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Ballad For the Rich ?
Bedstead Men ? Michael Flanders (words)
Budget Song ?
Design for Living ? Michael Flanders (words)
Elephant, The ?
First and Second Law ? Michael Flanders (words)
Gasman Cometh, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Gnu, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Guide to Britten ?
Have Some Madeira M'Dear ? Michael Flanders (words)
Holimakittiloukachichichi ? Michael Flanders (words)
Ill Wind ? Michael Flanders (words)
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In the Bath ?
In the D'Oyly Cart ? Michael Flanders (words)
In The Desert ? Michael Flanders (words)
Last of the Line ?
Lord Chamberlain's Regulations, The ?
Madeira, M'dear? ?
Misalliance ? Michael Flanders (words)
Motor Perpetuo ?
Ostrich, The ?
Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers ? Michael Flanders (words)
Philogical Waltz (Tonga) ?
Pillar to Post ?
Rain on the Plage ?
Reluctant Cannibal, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Rhapsody From Within ? Michael Flanders (words)
Rhinoceros, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
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Rockall ? Michael Flanders (words)
Sloth, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Slow Train ? Michael Flanders (words)
Song of Patriotic Prejudice, A ? Michael Flanders (words)
Song of Reproduction, A ? Michael Flanders (words)
Song of the Weather, A ? Michael Flanders (words)
Spider, The ?
There's a Hole in My Budget ? Michael Flanders (words)
To Kokoraki ? Michael Flanders (words)
Transport of Delight, A ? Michael Flanders (words)
Twenty Tons of TNT ? Michael Flanders (words)
Twice Shy ?
Twosome: Kang & Jag ? Michael Flanders (words)
Vanessa ?
Vendor Librorum Floreat ? Michael Flanders (words)
War of 14-18, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
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Warthog, The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Whale (Mopy Dick), The ? Michael Flanders (words)
Wild Boar, The ?
Wompom, The ? Michael Flanders (words)