Sir Walter Mordaunt Cyril Currie, 5th Baronet (3 June 1894 – 30 July 1978) was an early 20th-century poet who lived in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
.
He wrote the lyrics for English composer
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (10 August 1889 – 12 May 1960) was a prolific and versatile English composer. Though best known for his choral music and, in particular, songs, Gibbs also devoted much of his career to the amateur choral and festival mov ...
's second symphony ''Odysseus'', and lyrics for other religious and secular purposes.
His poem 'Perilous Ways' was set to music by the composer
Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He came to national recognition as Doyle in ITV (TV network), ITV crime-action television drama series ''The Professionals (TV series), The Professionals'' (1977–1983). Further notable ...
.
Books
Poetry publications include:
*Icarian Ways
References
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Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
1894 births
1978 deaths
English male poets
20th-century English poets
20th-century English male writers
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