Editing John Masefield (section)

===Song settings===
In addition to the commission for [[Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode]] with music by Elgar, many of Masefield's short poems were set as [[art song]]s by British composers of the time.<ref>For a list of settings, see: [http://www.lieder.net/lieder/m/masefield/ 'John Masefield'] at ''The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive'', www.recmusic.org. Retrieved 4 November 2011.</ref> Best known by far is [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]]'s "[[Sea-Fever]]".<ref>Hold, Trevor (2002). ''Parry to Finzi: twenty English song composers'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=L_NS-he4Rx0C&q=%22sea+fever%22 pp 15, 193–194]. The Boydell Press. Retrieved 4 November 2011.</ref> [[Frederick Keel]] composed several songs drawn from the ''Salt-Water Ballads'' and elsewhere. Of these, "Trade Winds" was particularly popular in its day,<ref name=lewis>Foreman, Lewis (2011). [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19475020.2011.555470 'In Ruhleben camp']. ''First World War Studies'', Vol 2, No 1 (March), pp 27–40. Retrieved 4 November 2011 {{subscription required}}.</ref> despite the tongue-twisting challenges the text presents to the singer.<ref>Conor O'Callaghan (2006). [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/177754 'John Masefield']. ''Poetry'', March 2006. Retrieved 4 November 2011.</ref> Keel's defiant setting of "Tomorrow", written while interned at [[Ruhleben internment camp|Ruhleben]] during World War I,<ref name=lewis/> was frequently programmed at the BBC Proms after the war.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/performance_find.shtml?tab=search&sub_tab=work&work_id=12685&from=1890&to=2011. 'Frederick Keel — Tomorrow' at the BBC Proms archive]. Retrieved 4 November 2011.</ref> Another memorable wartime composition is [[Ivor Gurney]]'s climactic declamation of "By a bierside", a setting quickly set down in 1916 during a brief spell behind the lines.<ref>Dunnett, Roderick (2009). [http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572151&catNum=572151&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English# 'Ivor Gurney (1890–1937): Songs'] [CD booklet notes]. ''Naxos Records''. Retrieved 4 November 2011.</ref>