1: How do I Love Thee?

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This is the first setting of four poems for high soprano and piano. This poem is: The poem is: How do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The songs were composed for Paula Downes (soprano) and David Trippett (piano), who gave the first performance at University Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,USA on Thursday February 1st 2007.  The UK premiere was given by Jenny Saunders (soprano) and Julian Hellaby (piano) at the Ellen Terry Building,Coventry University, on February 28th 2009.