Richard Wilson composed TRIBULATIONS: FIVE SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO in 1988. He has written as follows about the work:

"Tribulations" would be an apt title for any one of my compositions. My chromatic style implies a troubled world; moreover, I usually encounter difficulties of all sorts in completing a work. Ironically, the five songs at hand are an exception. By my standards they are diatonic. And I wrote them quickly, as a diversion from the stresses of a large orchestral piece. Three are dedicated to friends.

"The Purist", text by Ogdon Nash, is in tribute to Bernard Jacobson, a man of the right word in the right place, with the right punctuation, who further sees to it that every repeat be taken in a classical symphony. "Mother Doesn't Want a Dog", text by Judith Viorst, acknowledges Bette Snapp's domestic agility. "And Into the Garden Elizabeth Ran", text by A.E. Housman, celebrates the acquisition by Anne Murray Davison not of a sister named Elizabeth but rather a husband named Mark. The remaining two songs, undedicatable, are "Careless Talk", poem by Mark Hollis--the shocking opening--and "Henry King", poem by Hillaire Belloc, a cautionary scherzando. The songs are meant to be done as a set.


Score published by Peermusic Classical in an album entitled EIGHT COMIC SONGS by Richard Wilson. Order sheet music:
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