Most of the songs on this record were composed in the first half of the 20th century, not a few between the two wars. This has been an era surprisingly neglected bysingers, yet many English composers produced some of their best vocal works during this period. Recently the combination of voice, clarinet and piano has provedmore and more popular with composers, but it would appear that with Holbrooke’s Tame Cat, he must be counted amongst the first of English composers to writefor this medium.