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Irving and Verna Fine (Irving Fine Collection). Irving Fine was a composer and younger colleague of Copland whose choral arrangements of several of Copland's Old American Songs have given them a life as choral works. Copland shared houses with Irving and Verna Fine for several summers at Tanglewood. After Irving Fine's death in 1962 Copland continued to be supportive of Verna Fine, and his letters to her retain warmth and sparkle to the end of his letter-writing years. Copland dedicated "Sleep Is Supposed to Be," one of the two central songs of his Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, to Irving Fine. The Irving Fine Collection also contains letters from Copland to Verna Fine's mother, Florence Rudnick, in whose Boston apartment he sequestered himself to write In the Beginning.
When the subject of cricket songs is broached, it's usually 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday" or Sherbet's "Howzat" that are unimaginatively proffered (neither of which are actually about cricket, unless the latter is narrated by a most involved wicketkeeper). For those searching deeper, if fond of whimsy, you may be pleased by the Duckworth Lewis Method; or, for the sport in its most lofty musical setting, there is Roy Harper's "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease".
Chanderpaul has, unsurprisingly given his upstanding role in the West Indian side these past two decades, been the subject of an abundance of musical tributes. The batsman is proudly celebrated, particularly in Guyana, through chutneys to songs of racial reconciliation.
This potted list ignores David Rudder's entire album devoted to the sport, along with Lord Kitchener's refined efforts in the genre. The Caribbean teems with songs on cricket. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian claims there are 140 calypsos related to cricket. Who is to tell how many more socas, chutneys, reggae and other tunes traverse the region? If this inspires you to find more, then do tell.