{"product_id":"elgar-solo-songs-with-piano-18571900-elgar","title":"Elgar: Solo songs with piano (1857–1900)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/edward-elgar\"\u003eEdward Elgar (1857-1934)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Brian Trowell\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score – Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9781904856153\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eElgar's solo songs are not among his best known works and, as we have said before, there is a tendency to dismiss them as second-rate. That the latter is a consequence of the former – years of neglect leading to the false assumption that they are better left forgotten – is clearly demonstrated by this volume, and something it will hopefully help redress. Admittedly \u003cem\u003eA War Song\u003c\/em\u003e (first published as \u003cem\u003eA Soldier's Song\u003c\/em\u003e), ranks among the worst of Elgar's jingoistic pot-boilers; but alongside the world renowned \u003cem\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e are the songs thought good enough by Ascherberg to republish as the 7 Lieder album (including four which composer Haydn Wood also thought good enough to arrange as orchestral miniatures); the powerful \u003cem\u003eThe Wind at Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e , Elgar's first setting of words by his wife Alice; the delicate \u003cem\u003eDry those fair, those crystal eyes\u003c\/em\u003e , which Elgar dashed off for the Charing Cross Hospital Bazaar; \u003cem\u003eAs I laye a-thynkynge\u003c\/em\u003e , Elgar's setting of faux-mediæval words of Robert Harris Barham, creator of the Ingoldsby Legends; and a number of other equally delightful songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the scholar, however, the thrill of the volume surely lies in the discovery among the unpublished works and fragments of two songs – \u003cem\u003eThe Millwheel\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eMuleteer's Serenade\u003c\/em\u003e – previously thought lost, or possibly to have been left as fragmentary sketches which Elgar later incorporated into his cantata \u003cem\u003eKing Olaf\u003c\/em\u003e. Locating the sketches among other preparatory material for \u003cem\u003eKing Olaf\u003c\/em\u003e presented no difficulty; and as the editorial process rolled back the layers of history to get at the works intended for piano accompaniment, we discovered not half-finished sketches but two fully-formed songs. Alice's diaries hint at a private performance of one of the songs; a first public performance of both songs will be given at Elgar's Birthplace on 2 June, the composer's birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e27 original solo songs:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Language of Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThe Self-Banished\u003c\/em\u003e ;\u003cem\u003eA War Song\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThrough the Long Days\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eIs She Not Passing Fair?\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eAs I Laye A-Thynkynge\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eQueen Mary's Song\u003c\/em\u003e ; Roundel: ‘The Little Eyes That Never Knew Light'; \u003cem\u003eThe Wind At Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eLike to the Damask Rose\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThe Poet's Life\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eA Song of Autumn\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThe Shepherd's Song\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThe Mill Wheel\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eMuleteer's Serenade\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eRondel\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eAfter\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eA Song of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eLove Alone Will Stay\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLute Song\u003c\/em\u003e – the original version of ‘In Haven'); \u003cem\u003eDry Those Fair, Those Crystal Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eThe Pipes of Pan\u003c\/em\u003e ; and the 5 \u003cem\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e : ‘Sea-Slumber Song'; ‘In Haven' (Capri); ‘Sabbath Morning At Sea'; ‘Where Corals Lie'; ‘The Swimmer';\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e2 ‘arrangements':\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClapham Town End\u003c\/em\u003e – a Yorkshire folk-song; and ‘Sabbath Morning At Sea' with accompaniment for organ and piano;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e2 fragments:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTemple Bar Rondeau\u003c\/em\u003e ; \u003cem\u003eOphelia's Song\u003c\/em\u003e (the music later being re-used in \u003cem\u003eThe Light of Life\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Elgar Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43198168629327,"sku":"EWE15","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/a899ac86ee7e5f67acba22e5efbeb130.jpg?v=1773570677","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/pt\/products\/elgar-solo-songs-with-piano-18571900-elgar","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}