Publisher Desc.  This piece was inspired by a desire to provide a musical setting for the poem by Robert Strassburg entitled, "Love's Springtime." The title, THE YEW TREE, is a reference to a central image of the poem which occurs at the beginning of its second verse. The poetic line is exploited compositionally as a primary structural demarcation. This work has been recorded on Crystal Records with soprano Montserrat Alavedra.