Who, born in Gloucestershire, composed 'On Wedlock Edge' in 1909?
"On Wenlock Edge (song cycle) On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle composed in 1909 by Ralph Vaughan Williams for tenor, piano and string quartet. The cycle comprises settings of six poems from A. E. Housman's 1896 collection ""A Shropshire Lad"". A typical performance lasts around 22 minutes. It was premiered by Gervase Elwes, Frederick Kiddle and the Schwiller Quartet on 15 November 1909 in the Aeolian Hall, London. It was later orchestrated by the composer in a version first performed on 24 January, 1924. The cycle was recorded by Elwes, Kiddle and the London String Quartet in 1917. The"
"Arthur Somervell, who had begun to develop the concept of the English song-cycle in his version of Tennyson's ""Maud"" a little previously. Ralph Vaughan Williams produced his well-known settings of six songs, the cycle ""On Wenlock Edge"", for string quartet, tenor and piano in 1909. Between 1909 and 1911 George Butterworth produced settings in two collections, ""Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad"" and ""Bredon Hill and Other Songs"". He also wrote the orchestral tone poem ""A Shropshire Lad"", first performed at Leeds Festival in 1912. Ivor Gurney was another composer who made renowned settings of Housman's poems. Towards the end"
"""Dreadlock Holiday"". Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born ) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He has been the only constant member of the art rock band 10cc. Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England into a Jewish family. He played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including the High Spots, the Crevattes, the Planets and the Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Maurice Sperling (vocals/drums), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobson (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract"
"popular. Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work. Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and left the north for London in 1914 after his mother died. He had been publishing poems in magazines since 1895, and his first collections in book form were published by Elkin Mathews in 1902. His collections of verse plays and dramatic poems ""The Stonefolds"" and ""On The Threshold"" were published by the Samurai Press (of Cranleigh) in 1907, followed next year"
"Northumberland, championing the Northumbrian smallpipes; he published arrangements of folk songs, including choral versions of the ""Keel Row"", ""Bobby Shaftoe"", ""Blow the Wind Southerly"" and ""Water of Tyne"". William G. Whittaker William Gillies Whittaker (Newcastle upon Tyne, July 23, 1876 – Orkney Islands, July 5, 1944) was an English composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writer. He spent his life promoting music. The University of Durham, where he once studied and taught, called him one of ""Britain's most influential musicians during the first half of the twentieth century"". An autodidact, he was a prodigious creator of Gebrauchsmusik. Whittaker"
"Rowland Harrison Rowland “Rowley” Harrison (1841–1897) was a Tyneside poet and singer/songwriter, from Gateshead in County Durham. Possibly his best known work is “Geordy (or Geordie) Black”, an example of Geordie dialect. Rowland Harrison was born 23 June 1841 in King William Street, Gateshead and baptised at St Mary’s Church, Gateshead (according to inscriptions in his family bible). Little is known of his early life, but he started singing in 1864 at the age of only 23 and performed in most of the local concert and music halls including The Victoria Music Hall, Oxford Music Hall, The Empire, The People's"
"Cecil Sharp Three roads are named after Butterworth: George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace,"
"Malcolm Arnold, the English composer, who is best remembered for his nine symphonies and also wrote the scores for many films including ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", ""Whistle Down the Wind"", ""Hobson's Choice"", and ""The Inn of the Sixth Happiness"". Sir Malcolm, who was born in Northampton, died in 2006 aged 84. Admission is granted primarily to members of the Church of England fed by the link schools of All Saints CEVA Primary School, Collingtree CEVA Primary School, St Andrew’s CEVA Primary School, St James’ CEVA Primary School, St Luke’s CEVA Primary School, Weston Favell CEVA Primary School, or"
"Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work. Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and left the north for London in 1914 after his mother died. He had been publishing poems in magazines since 1895, and his first collections in book form were published by Elkin Mathews in 1902. His collections of verse plays and dramatic poems ""The Stonefolds"" and ""On The Threshold"" were published by the Samurai Press (of Cranleigh) in 1907, followed next year by"
"William Wordsworth (composer) William Brocklesby Wordsworth (17 December 1908 – 10 March 1988) was an English composer. Wordsworth was born in London, a descendant of the poet Wordsworth's brother. He studied harmony and counterpoint under George Oldroyd from 1921 to 1931, continuing his study with Donald Francis Tovey at Edinburgh University from 1934 to 1936. In anticipation of conscientious objection he voluntarily began work on the land in 1939, and this role was later made a condition of exemption from military service by his tribunal. He lived in England until 1961 when he moved to Inverness-shire; in 1966, he helped"
"at his concerts. Kiddle's association with Elwes naturally brought him closely into the world of Roger Quilter's music, which he played with great verve and rhythmical insight. Quilter dedicated one of his Nora Hopper songs, 'Blossom-time', to Kiddle in 1914. Kiddle's playing as accompanist is heard on most of the recordings of Gervase Elwes, including the Vaughan Williams song cycle ""On Wenlock Edge"" with the London String Quartet in 1917. He can also be heard in recordings with Lionel Tertis, Albert Sammons or the tenor Hubert Eisdell, another Quilter dedicatee. An exact contemporary of Frederick B. Kiddle was the fine"
"English composers, that Elwes left his most permanent legacy. He was the dedicatee and first performer of (and the first person to record) Ralph Vaughan Williams song cycle ""On Wenlock Edge"" and many of the finest songs of Roger Quilter (including the cycle ""To Julia""), both of whom wrote with his voice in mind. In 1912 he gave the first performance of Thomas Dunhill's song-cycle ""The Wind Among the Reeds"" for the Philharmonic Society. He had the wholehearted admiration of every generation from Charles Villiers Stanford to Frank Bridge, and their successors still acknowledge the authority of his influence. He"
"George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace, which later became part of the Mount School."
"Harvey Shield Harvey Shield (born Harvey Schildkraut, 6 September 1946) is an English musician and songwriter. He was born in Twickenham, London, England, and grew up in Wembley. He was a drummer in the Cadet Pipe Band at Harrow County School, where he met Roger Glover. They formed a beat group, the Madisons, in which Harvey played drums and sang. In 1963 the Madisons merged with another school group, the Lightnings, and in 1964 the group became known as Episode Six. Ian Gillan joined the group as lead singer following a residency at the Acadia Club in Frankfurt, Germany in"
"Roman numerals in this list of the songs are taken from ""A Shropshire Lad"": An earlier version of ""Is My Team Ploughing?"", for voice and piano, had been performed on 26 January 1909 in a concert sponsored by Gervase Elwes and James Friskin. To Housman's annoyance, Vaughan Williams omitted the third and fourth verses of ""Is My Team Ploughing"". The composer remarked in 1927 or later that he felt “that the composer has a perfect right artistically to set any portion of a poem he chooses provided he does not actually alter the sense”. On Wenlock Edge (song cycle) On"
"adding ""on"" at the beginning of each verse. Born Frederick William Austin in Poplar, Middlesex on 30 March 1872 the son of William and Elizabeth Austin, his father was a shirt tailor. Austin was sent at the age of about 12 to live at Birkenhead, where he received organ and music lessons from his Uncle, Dr. W. H. Hunt, and had singing training from Charles Lunn. By 1896 he had obtained a B.Mus. from Durham University and was organist in several Birkenhead churches. He became a teacher of harmony, and later of composition, at Liverpool College of Music. At Liverpool"
"excels in a synthesis of Blow/Purcellian structure and Handelian harmony. The most successful of Weldon's writing, though, is found in the verse anthems. In these he conveys a wide range of emotions and develops ensemble writing techniques in systematic ways. Particularly successful are the anthems conveying joy and praise with unbounded elation. The solo and ensemble writing in these verse anthems is particularly strong, with real virtuosity required on the part of the singers. Anthems in (probable) chronological order: John Weldon (musician) John Weldon (19 January 1676 – 7 May 1736) was an English composer. Born at Chichester in the"
"printed at the Ballantyne Press in 1896. In 1910 Suckling's works in prose and verse were edited by A. Hamilton Thompson. For anecdotes of Suckling's life see John Aubrey's ""Brief Lives"" (Clarendon Press ed., ii.242). John Suckling (poet) Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet and a prominent figure among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit, the accomplishments of a Cavalier poet. He was also the inventor of the card game cribbage. He is best known for his poem ""Ballad Upon a Wedding"". He was born at Whitton, in the parish of"
"John Craggs (songwriter) John Craggs (1849 – after 1874) was a poet from North Sunderland who wrote several poems and songs including “The Lass that sell’d grozers upon the aad bridge”, an example of Geordie dialect. John Craggs was born in 1849 in North Sunderland. It is assumed that this is the north part of Sunderland and not the tiny village of North Sunderland, which is now a suburb of Seahouses. He was employed for several years as a clerk on the Tyne until in 1877, he migrated to the metropolis where he became a member of the Detective division"
"He added that Capern was known as ""the Devonshire Burns"". The Burton at Bideford museum in Bideford has a permanent exhibition about Capern. Edward Capern Edward Capern (21 January 1819 – 5 June 1894), was an English poet, best known for "" The Devonshire Melodist"" and ""Wayside Warbles"". Capern was born at Tiverton, Devon on 21 January 1819. He was baptised at Tiverton Methodist Chapel on 14 February 1819. His father Edward was a baker. From an early age he worked in a lace factory. His failing eyesight forced him to abandon this occupation in 1847 and he was in"
"Fred Wedlock Fred Wedlock (23 May 1942 – 4 March 2010) was a folk singer best known for his UK hit single ""The Oldest Swinger In Town"". He performed at many venues in Britain and Europe, presented programmes for West Country TV and acted with the Bristol Old Vic and the Ministry of Entertainment, as well as undertaking after-dinner speaking engagements. Fred Wedlock was born in the old Bristol Maternity Hospital in Southwell Street, Kingsdown, Bristol. He was brought up in Redcliffe, where his father ran the York House pub. He sang in the church choir at St Mary Redcliffe."
"William Shield William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist who was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, County Durham, the son of William Shield and his wife, Mary, née Cash. Shield was first taught music by his father but, after both he and his mother died while Shield was still a child, he was apprenticed to a shipbuilder in South Shields, continuing however to study music with Charles Avison in Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a noted violinist in Newcastle's subscription concerts before moving to Scarborough to lead a theatre orchestra. In"
"Julian Lloyd Webber and a concert version of German's best-known work, ""Merrie England"". Another festival was held on 23–28 April 2009, sponsored by the Friends of Whitchurch Heritage. This programme included a concert version of ""Tom Jones"" (for which a new recording was released by Naxos in 2009) and a school adaptation of ""Merrie England"". Other events featured clarinettist Emma Johnson, German scholar David Russell Hulme and the Hallé Orchestra. Edward German Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music"
"George Linstead George Frederick Linstead (24 January 1908 – 28 December 1974) was a musician, critic and composer, who featured prominently in the musical life of Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Linstead spent his childhood in the village of Doveridge, South Derbyshire, where his musical talents first developed. The sudden death of his father in 1915 forced the family to move to Sheffield, where he spent the rest of his life, never forgetting his country roots. After leaving Sheffield Central School in 1923, he devoted himself to a musical career. While financial circumstances prevented his university matriculation, he nevertheless obtained degrees"
"Armstrong Gibbs Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (10 August 1889 – 12 May 1960) was a prolific and versatile English composer, best known for his output of songs. Gibbs also devoted much of his career to the amateur choral and festival movements in Britain. He attained a high level of popularity, for instance the work 'Dusk' was requested by Princess Elizabeth (the present queen of England) on her eighteenth birthday. Gibbs was born in Great Baddow, a country village near Chelmsford in Essex, England on 10 August 1889. His maternal grandfather, a Unitarian minister who wrote a number of songs in spite"
"Duncan Druce Robert Duncan Druce (23 May 193913 October 2015) was an English composer, string player and musicologist, noted for his breadth of musical interests ranging from contemporary music to baroque and early music, as well as music of India. Druce was born in Cheshire in 1939, the son of the former Katy Chesters and of Robert Druce, a bacteriologist. In 1957, he entered King's College, Cambridge, which later awarded him a double first in music. Subsequently, he completed a Masters at the University of Leeds and, in 1984 embarked upon a second master's degree, at the University of York,"
"première of Tom Stoppard's play ""The Invention of Love"", whose subject is the relationship between Housman and Moses Jackson. As the 150th anniversary of his birth approached, London University inaugurated its Housman lectures on classical subjects in 2005, initially given every second year then annually after 2011. The anniversary itself in 2009 saw the launch of a new edition of ""A Shropshire Lad"", including pictures from across Shropshire taken by local photographer Gareth Thomas. Among other events, there were performances of Vaughan Williams' ""On Wenlock Edge"" and Gurney's ""Ludlow and Teme"" at St Laurence's Church in Ludlow. These lectures are"
"John Suckling (poet) Sir John Suckling (10 February 1609 – after May 1641) was an English poet and a prominent figure among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit, the accomplishments of a Cavalier poet. He was also the inventor of the card game cribbage. He is best known for his poem ""Ballad Upon a Wedding"". He was born at Whitton, in the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex, and baptized there on 10 February 1609. His father, Sir John Suckling, was Secretary of State under James I and Comptroller of the Household of Charles I, and his mother was Elizabeth Cranfield,"
"John Locke (poet) John Locke (1847–1889) was an Irish writer and Fenian activist, exiled to the United States, and most famous for writing ""Dawn on the Irish Coast"", also known as ""The Exiles Return, or Morning on the Irish coast"". Locke was born in 1847 in Minauns, Callan, County Kilkenny. When in school he used to write verses of poetry on slips of paper and went on to have his first of many poems published in 1863 at the age of 16 years. He is best remembered in Callan for his poem ""The Calm Avonree"", where a plaque on the"
"John Locke (poet) John Locke (1847–1889) was an Irish writer and Fenian activist, exiled to the United States, and most famous for writing ""Dawn on the Irish Coast"", also known as ""The Exiles Return, or Morning on the Irish coast"". Locke was born in 1847 in Minauns, Callan, County Kilkenny. When in school he used to write verses of poetry on slips of paper and went on to have his first of many poems published in 1863 at the age of 16 years. He is best remembered in Callan for his poem ""The Calm Avonree"", where a plaque on the"
"of the Wrens"" (1871), to a text of eleven poems by Tennyson. In the early 20th century, Vaughan Williams composed his famous song cycle, the ""Songs of Travel"". Other song cycles by Vaughan Williams are ""The House of Life"" on sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and ""On Wenlock Edge"" on poems from A. E. Houseman's ""A Shropshire Lad"", the latter originally for voice with piano and string quartet but later orchestrated. The composer and renowned Lieder accompanist Britten also wrote cycles that are among the glories of the genre, including ""The Holy Sonnets of John Donne"", ""Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo"","
"Readings"" where the writing was credited to George Cameron. Geordie dialect words John ""Jack"" Shield John ""Jack"" Shield (1768– 6 August 1848) was an English songwriter. One of his best known and liked songs at the time was ""Bob Cranky's Adieu"". Shield was a contemporary of the earliest Geordie dialect songwriters Thomas Thompson and John Selkirk. He was born at Broomhaugh, a village in Northumberland near Riding Mill in the Tyne Valley in 1768. He and his elder brother Hugh, moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in John's twenties, and the first real mention of him was in 1800 when they"
"He died in March 1778 at the age of thirty-three. While many early publications of the Song attribute the words to Tomlinson, none name the creator of the music. The identity of the composer was a subject of controversy until the discovery, in the mid-twentieth century, of a passage in a then-unpublished manuscript of ""Recollections"" written by Richard John Samuel Stevens (1757-1837), a member of the Anacreontic Society. Writing of the year 1777, Stevens recalled: In this passage, Stevens identified the composer as John Stafford Smith (1750-1836). Smith, the son of the organist of Gloucester Cathedral, was sent at a"