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Songs From The Chinese Poets (Bantock)
Songs from the Chinese Poets are series of song settings, by Granville Bantock. The English song texts were mainly supplied by Captain L. A. Cranmer Byng (1872-1945), who had also supplied the text for ''Choral Suite from the Chinese'' (1914). Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng was part of the Byng baronets family and wrote various books on China. In 1933 the first set were also arranged in the form of a four movement string quartet under the title ''In a Chinese Mirror''. It was recorded for the first time by the Tippett Quartet in 2021. Songs ''Songs from the Chinese Poets, Series I'' (1918) *The old fisherman of the mists and waters *The ghost road *Under the moon *The celestial weaver *Return of spring ''Songs from the Chinese Poets, Series II'' (1919) *The tomb of Chao-Chün *A dream of spring *Desolation *The Island of Pines *The pavilion of abounding joy ''Songs from the Chinese Poets, Series III'' *From the tomb of an unknown woman *Adrift *The golden nenuphar *Yung-Yang *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Bantock
Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (7 August 186816 October 1946) was a British composer of classical music. Biography Granville Ransome Bantock was born in London. His father was an eminent Scottish surgeon.Hadden, J. Cuthbert, 1913, ''Modern Musicians'', Boston: Le Roy Phillips; London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, pp.42–46 His younger brother was the dramatist and film director Leedham Bantock. Granville Bantock was intended by his parents for the Indian Civil ServiceAnderson, Keith (2001)''Granville Bantock (1868–1946): Old English Suite; Russian Scenes; Hebridean Symphony (sleevenotes)'' Naxos. Retrieved 16 July 2011. but he suffered poor health and initially turned to chemical engineering. At the age of 20, when he began studying composers' manuscripts, at South Kensington Museum Library, he was drawn into the musical world. His first teacher was Dr Gordon Saunders at Trinity College of Music. In 1888, he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied harmony and compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byng Baronets
Byng may refer to: Places * Byng, Oklahoma, a small town in Pontotoc County * Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District * Manor of Byng, Suffolk, England People * John Byng (other), several people with the same name, including: ** John Byng (1704–1757), British admiral, sentenced to death by court martial and shot * George Byng (other), one of several Viscounts Torrington, most notably: ** George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1668–1733), British Admiral and statesman * Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862–1935), British general during World War I, later Governor General of Canada and involved in the King-Byng constitutional crisis * Several Earls of Strafford, including: ** Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951), president of Middlesex County Cricket Club * Georgia Byng, British author of children's books * James Byng, British actor * James W. Byng, British botanist * Jamie Byng, Canongate Books publisher * Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCormack (tenor)
Papal Count John Francis McCormack, KSG, KSS, KHS (14 June 1884 – 16 September 1945), was an Irish tenor celebrated for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoires, and renowned for his diction and breath control. He was also a Papal Count. He became a naturalised American citizen before returning to live in Ireland. Personal life John Francis McCormack was born on 14 June 1884 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, the second son and fifth of the 11 children (five of whom died in infancy or childhood) of Andrew McCormack and his wife Hannah Watson. His parents were both from Galashiels, Scotland and worked at the Athlone Woollen Mills, where his father was a foreman. He was baptised in St Mary's Church, Athlone, on 23 June 1884. McCormack received his early education from the Marist Brothers in Athlone and later attended Summerhill College, Sligo. He sang in the choir of the old St Peters church in Athlone under his choirmaster Michael Kilkelly. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
