Who composed the 1912 tone poem 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Sping’?
"and is taken from a Norwegian folk song, ""In Ola Valley"", which was brought to his attention by the Australian composer and folk-song arranger Percy Grainger. (The theme was also arranged by Edvard Grieg in his ""19 Norwegian Folksongs"", Op. 66.) The clarinet returns with the cuckoo calls before the piece ends in pastoral fashion. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem composed in 1912 by Frederick Delius; it was first performed in Leipzig on 23 October 1913. It is the first of ""Two Pieces for Small Orchestra"", the"
"(""On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring""), Handel (""The Cuckoo and the Nightingale""), Respighi (""The Birds""), Rimsky-Korsakov (""Snow Maidens""), Dvořák, Saint-Saens (""Carnival of the Animals""), Vivaldi (""Concerto in A"", The Cuckoo), and Gustav Mahler (""First Symphony"", where the cuckoo sings perfect fourths instead of the usual major third or minor third). Less commonly imitated are the great tit (Anton Bruckner's ""Fourth Symphony""), the goldfinch (Vivaldi), linnet (Couperin, Haydn and Rachmaninov), robin (Peter Warlock), swallow (Dvorak and Tchaikovsky), wagtail (Benjamin Britten), and magpie (in a Mussorgsky song). Dvorak celebrated many other kinds of bird, including the stock dove, skylark, and house"
"next few years by ""In a Summer Garden"" (1908), ""Life's Dance"" (1911), ""Summer Night on the River"" (1911) and ""On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"" (1912). The critic R.W.S. Mendl described this sequence as ""exquisite nature studies"", with a unity and shape lacking in the earlier formal tone poems. These works became part of the standard English concert repertory, and helped to establish the character of Delius's music in the English concert-goer's mind, although according to Ernest Newman, the concentration on these works to the neglect of his wider output may have done Delius as much harm as good."
"thou Winter Wind."" [Three-part song.] Words by Shakespeare, 1891 ""Bonnie wee Thing."" Song, words by R. Burns, 1895 ""Child's Talk in April."" [Duet for female voices.] Words by C. Rossetti, 1908 ""Christmas Carol."" Words by J. Milton, 1893 ""Constant Love."" Song, etc., 1890 ""Cottage Cradle Song."" [Two-part song.] Words by M. Byron, 1908 ""Cradle Song and Scherzo à la Mazurka for violin and piano."" Op. 12, 1893 ""The Cuckoo."" [Duet for female voices.] Words by M. C. Gillington, 1905 ""The Daisy."" Two-Part Song for female voices, with Pianoforte accompaniment, the words by Wordsworth, 1900 ""Dead Hope."" [Two-part song.] Words by"
"five verses starting with a ""Come all ye"" warning about courting sailors and with the cuckoo appearing in the second verse. The Roud Folk Song Index lists about 149 collected or recorded versions performed by traditional singers - 49 from England, 4 from Scotland, 2 from Ireland, 4 from Canada and 88 from the USA. At least one collected version was published in the ""Folk Songs from the Kentucky Mountains"" (1917). The first recording was made by Kelly Harrell for Victor in 1926. Notable artists who have recorded ""The Cuckoo"" include: The Cuckoo (song) ""The Cuckoo"" (Roud 413) is a"
"'Tis the Voice of the Lobster ""'Tis the Voice of the Lobster"" is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". As recited by Alice to the Mock Turtle* and the Gryphon, the first stanza describes a vain and stylish lobster who pretends not to fear sharks, but is in fact terrified by them. In the second stanza, an owl naively attempts to share a meat pie with a greedy panther. ""Carroll wrote the second stanza of the nonsense poem in 1886 for the first theatrical adaptation of Alice."" Although the poem's final line is"
"Tapiola (Sibelius) Tapiola (literally, ""Realm of Tapio""), Op. 112, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, written in 1926 on a commission from Walter Damrosch for the New York Philharmonic Society. ""Tapiola"" portrays Tapio, the animating forest spirit mentioned throughout the Kalevala. It was premiered by Damrosch on 26 December 1926. Walter Damrosch commissioned the work for the New York Philharmonic Society. ""Tapiola"" portrays Tapio, the animating forest spirit mentioned throughout the Kalevala. When asked by the publisher to clarify the work's program, Sibelius responded with a prose explanation converted by his publisher (Breitkopf & Härtel) into"
"the Cuckoo"" in his handwriting was known to exist during Bruce's lifetime, make it difficult to relieve him of the charge of plagiarism. John Veitch, in ""The Feeling for Nature in Scottish Poetry"" (1887, vol. ii. pp. 89–91), points out that the stanza known to be Logan's addition to this ode is out of keeping with the rest of the poem, and is in the manner of Logan's established compositions, in which there is nothing to suggest the direct simplicity of the little poem on the cuckoo. Michael Bruce (poet) Michael Bruce (27 March 1746 – 15 July 1767) was"
"form: first movement, slow movement, scherzo, and finale, thus honoring the poem's four sections. (The work is sometimes performed in English, using not Poe's original, but a translation of Balmont's adaptation by Fanny S. Copeland.) The Scottish composer Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1947) published ""Hear the Tolling of the Bells"" (1909), ""The Sledge Bells"" (1909), and ""Hear the Sledges with the Bells"" (1919) based on Poe's poem. Josef Holbrooke composed his ""The Bells, Prelude, Op. 50"" on Poe's poem, and American folksinger Phil Ochs composed a tune to the poem recorded on his album ""All the News That's Fit to Sing""."
"heare the cuckoo though he loud doth sing In poynting of plow harnesse, he labours till he sweat, While another in his forge at home may steale a private heat. From ""The Cuckowes Comendation: / Or, the Cuckolds Credit: Being a merry Maying Song in Praise of the Cuckow."", c.1625 ""The Cuckoo"" was published as a broadside by London and provincial printers, but does not seem to have been common. Broadsides are not precisely dated, but the earliest in the Bodleian Ballad Collection was published between 1780 and 1812 CE, the latest before 1845. The broadside texts are similar, of"
"in March 1901 in Nizhny Novgorod. It is believed that originally the text was part of a larger piece, called ""Spring Melodies"" (Весенние мелодии) and subtitled ""Fantasy"" (Фантазия). In this ""fantasy"", the author overhears a conversation of birds outside his window on a late-winter day: a crow, a raven, and a bullfinch representing the monarchist establishment; sparrows, ""lesser people""; and anti-establishment siskins (чижики). As the birds discussing the approach of the spring, it is one of the siskins who sings to his comrades ""the Song of the Stormy Petrel, which he had overheard somewhere"", which appears as the ""fantasy's"" finale."
"published in 1921 and finally the poem books by the Scottish poet and writer Andrew Young (1922) and the Irish Shane Leslie's ""The Cuckoo Clock and Other Poems"" published in 1987. There are two poems which share the same name too, it is ""My Cuckoo Clock"", composed by William John Chamberlayne, included in the book of poems ""The Enchanted Land"" in 1892 and the other one by Robert W. Service, published in the book ""Carols of an Old Codger"" (1954). When it comes to the art of music, there is a musical work of the Spanish composer, conductor and violinist"
"Cuckoo Song (instrumental) ""Cuckoo Song"" is a musical piece written by Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621). In 1977 British musician Mike Oldfield released an arrangement of the piece as a single. Mike Oldfield released a version of ""Cuckoo Song"" in 1977 as a non-album single on Virgin Records. The B side, a musical precursor of Incantations and which could almost be a part of it, is an original composition by Oldfield. The single (in a plain white sleeve) was included as a free bonus when the double LP ""Incantations"" was released in 1978. It is one of the many non-album"
"A Song in Storm ""A Song in Storm"" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It has been set to music by two English composers Edward German and Edward Elgar. German set the poem for voice and piano in 1916, with the title ""Be well assured,"" which is the first phrase of the poem. Elgar set the poem in 1917, with the title ""Fate's Discourtesy,"" as the second of a set of four war-related verses by Kipling on nautical subjects for which he chose the title ""The Fringes of the Fleet"". The phrase ""Fate's discourtesy"" leads in the refrain"
"<poem> Summer has arrived, Sing loudly, cuckoo! The seed is growing And the meadow is blooming, And the wood is coming into leaf now, Sing, cuckoo! </poem> In England, William Shakespeare alludes to the common cuckoo's association with spring, and with cuckoldry, in the courtly springtime song in his play ""Love's Labours Lost"": In Europe, hearing the call of the common cuckoo is regarded as the first harbinger of spring. Many local legends and traditions are based on this. In Scotland, Gowk Stones (cuckoo stones) sometimes associated with the arrival of the first cuckoo of spring. ""Gowk"" is an old"
"the Cuckoo"", were all based on Wordsworth's recalling both the sensory and emotional experience of his childhood. From ""To the Cuckoo"", he moved on to ""The Rainbow"", both written on 26 March 1802, and then on to ""Ode: Intimation of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"". As he moved from poem to poem, he began to question why, as a child, he once was able to see an immortal presence within nature but as an adult that was fading away except in the few moments he was able to meditate on experiences found in poems like ""To the Cuckoo"". While"
"sang has twelve verses. It was published twice; first in the preliminary volume of folk songs prepared by Sharp and Karpeles after their first summer of fieldwork (Sharp and Karpeles 1917), then in 1932 after Sharp's death, in the much larger compendium of Appalachian folk songs that Karpeles edited from the full notes of their three summers' fieldwork. American field workers were also active in the Appalachians. A (tuneless) text for ""On Top of Old Smokey"", similar to what Memory Shelton sang, was published by E. C. Perrow in 1915, slightly before Sharp's fieldwork. In the following decades, still further"
"cleared the seas of enemy mines in World War I. T. S. Eliot included the poem in his 1941 collection ""A Choice of Kipling's Verse"". The Sweepers (poem) ""The Sweepers"" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1917, as the fourth of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title ""The Fringes of the Fleet"". Like the others in the cycle, it is intended for four baritone voices: a solo and chorus. It was originally written with orchestral accompaniment, but was"
"The Swan of Tuonela The Swan of Tuonela () is an 1895 tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is part of the "" (Four Legends from the Kalevala)"", Op. 22, based on the """" epic of Finnish mythology. The tone poem is scored for a small orchestra of cor anglais, oboe, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trombones, timpani, bass drum, harp, and divided strings. The cor anglais is the voice of the swan, and its solo is one of the best known cor anglais solos in the orchestral literature. The music paints a gossamer, transcendental"
"poem influenced by Chaucer's ""Parliament of Fowls"". In the poem, the nightingale praises love but the cuckoo mocks it for causing more trouble than joy. The poem is written as a literary dream vision and is an example of medieval debate poetry. A concerto inspired by the poem was composed by Handel. It apparently also influenced works by both John Milton and William Wordsworth. Clanvowe also wrote ""The Two Ways"", a penitential treatise. He is first mentioned in the ""History of English Literature"" by F. S. Ellis in 1896. ""The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"" had previously been attributed to Chaucer,"
"The Sweepers (poem) ""The Sweepers"" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1917, as the fourth of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title ""The Fringes of the Fleet"". Like the others in the cycle, it is intended for four baritone voices: a solo and chorus. It was originally written with orchestral accompaniment, but was later published to be sung with piano accompaniment. The poem was called by Kipling """"Mine Sweepers"""", and is about the British ships called minesweepers which"
"Observer"", ""The Cuckoo"" is reportedly descended from an old folk ballad; it's an interior monologue where the singer ""relates his desires—to gamble, to win, to regain love's affection."" Described by critic Dave Marsh as ""the most widespread folk song in the English language"", ""Barbara Allen"" dates as far back as the 17th century, when Samuel Pepys wrote about the song in a diary entry dated January 2, 1665. Similar but different versions of the ballad have been traced to English and Scottish folk traditions, and when ""Barbara Allen"" was brought to North America by early European settlers, no particular version"
"Just So Songs Just So Songs is a collection of twelve poems from Rudyard Kipling's ""Just So Stories"" set to music by Sir Edward German in 1903. It consists of musical settings for voice and piano of ""When the Cabin port holes"", ""The Camel's Hump"", ""This Uninhabited Island"", ""I keep six honest serving men"", ""I am the most wise Baavian"", ""Kangaroo and Dingo"", ""Merrow Down"", ""Of all the tribe of Tegumai"", ""The Riddle"", ""The First Friend"", ""There never was a queen like Balkis"", and ""Rolling Down to Rio"". The work was originally published under the title ""Just So Song Book"""
"singles which Oldfield released in the 1970s. ""Cuckoo Song"" also features Les Penning. Cuckoo Song (instrumental) ""Cuckoo Song"" is a musical piece written by Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621). In 1977 British musician Mike Oldfield released an arrangement of the piece as a single. Mike Oldfield released a version of ""Cuckoo Song"" in 1977 as a non-album single on Virgin Records. The B side, a musical precursor of Incantations and which could almost be a part of it, is an original composition by Oldfield. The single (in a plain white sleeve) was included as a free bonus when the double"
"Bilbo's Last Song Bilbo's Last Song is a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was given by Tolkien as a gift to his secretary Joy Hill in 1966. Although it was never published in the author's lifetime, it was the first work of Tolkien to see the light of publication following his death in 1973. It has been published in text form and set to music several times. The poem is sung by Bilbo Baggins at the Grey Havens, as he is about to leave Middle-earth forever. Chronologically this places it at the very end of ""The Return of"
"of the tunes. The Tyger ""The Tyger"" is a poem by the English poet William Blake published in 1794 as part of the ""Songs of Experience"" collection. Literary critic Alfred Kazin calls it ""the most famous of his poems"", and ""The Cambridge Companion to William Blake"" says it is ""the most anthologized poem in English"". It is one of Blake's most reinterpreted and arranged works. The ""Songs of Experience"" was published in 1794 as a follow up to Blake's 1789 ""Songs of Innocence."" The two books were published together under the merged title ""Songs of Innocence and of Experience, showing"
"outside the summer season, later accepted by Pliny the Elder in his ""Natural History"". Aristotle rejected the claim, observing in his ""History of Animals"" that cuckoos do not have the predators' talons or hooked bills. These Classical era accounts were known to the Early Modern English naturalist, William Turner. The 13th century medieval English round, ""Sumer Is Icumen In"", celebrates the cuckoo as a sign of spring, the beginning of summer, in the first stanza, and in the chorus: <poem> Svmer is icumen in Lhude sing cuccu Groweþ sed and bloweþ med and springþ þe wde nu Sing cuccu </poem>"
"The Lowestoft Boat ""The Lowestoft Boat"" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1917, as the first of a set of four war-related songs on nautical subjects for which he chose the title ""The Fringes of the Fleet"". The song is sub-titled """"A Chanty"""" and, like the others in the cycle, is intended for four baritone voices: a solo and chorus. It was originally written with orchestral accompaniment, but it was later published to be sung with piano accompaniment. Kipling prefaced the poem with the words """"East Coast Patrols"
"Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson is a song cycle for medium voice and piano by the American composer Aaron Copland. Completed in 1950 and lasting for just under half an hour, it represents Copland's longest work for solo voice. He assigned the first line of each poem as the song title, Emily Dickinson having not titled any of the pieces. The exception is ""The Chariot"", which was Dickinson's original published title. Each song is dedicated to a composer friend. The sequence, with dedicatees, is: Copland himself acknowledged that many have heard the influence of Charles"
"Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson is a song cycle for medium voice and piano by the American composer Aaron Copland. Completed in 1950 and lasting for just under half an hour, it represents Copland's longest work for solo voice. He assigned the first line of each poem as the song title, Emily Dickinson having not titled any of the pieces. The exception is ""The Chariot"", which was Dickinson's original published title. Each song is dedicated to a composer friend. The sequence, with dedicatees, is: Copland himself acknowledged that many have heard the influence of Charles"
"The Cuckoo (song) ""The Cuckoo"" (Roud 413) is a traditional English folk song, also sung in the USA, Canada, Scotland and Ireland. It has been covered by many musicians in several different styles. An early notable recorded version was performed by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with a unique banjo tuning. The song is known by many names, including ""The Coo-Coo"", ""The Coo-Coo Bird"", ""The Cuckoo Bird"", ""The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird"", ""The Evening Meeting"", ""The Unconstant Lover, Bunclody"" and ""Going to Georgia"". Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): ""The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she"
"The Shepherd's Song ”The Shepherd’s Song” is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1892. The words are by Barry Pain. The manuscript is dated 22 August 1892. The song was first published in 1895 by Tuckwood as his Op. 16 No.1, then in 1896 by Ascherberg. It was re-published in 1907 by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, as the last of the ""Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar"" (with English and German words). The song may be the same as that called ""Muleteer's Song"" for which permission was obtained from Barry Pain to use the words on 3"
"The Song of the Stormy Petrel ""The Song of the Stormy Petrel"" (, ) is a short piece of revolutionary literature written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky in 1901. The poem is written in a variation of unrhymed trochaic tetrameter with occasional Pyrrhic substitutions. In 1901, no one could criticise the Tsar directly and hope to escape unhappy fate. ""Aesopian language"" of a fable, which had been developed into a form of art by earlier writers such as Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, was not infrequently used by the critics of the regime. Maxim Gorky wrote ""The Song of the Storm Petrel"""