There have been several musical settings of Chaucer's story, of which the first was Gordon Jacob's "The Nun's Priest's Tale" for chorus and orchestra, which had its premiere in 1951 and is still performed. The largest and most important of his choral works, it is in ten movements. While the narrative is sung by all, Chanticleer's part is rendered by the tenor and bass voices, Pertolete's by soprano and alto. The words used are from the translation by Nevill Coghill, who was also responsible for the lyrics in the rock-pop musical "Canterbury Tales", the original score of which included the Nun's Priest's Tale among its five episodes. The work was conceived and directed by Martin Starkie, with music by John Hawkins and Richard Hill. This was first presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964 and went on to be performed round the world.