Michael Craske
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Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Conference, 2017
Glad to say that along with the other members of the Sounding Victorian consortium, I’m going to be talking about my research and the project at the Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Conference at the University of Birmingham next week!
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‘East to West’ by Charles Villiers Stanford (1893)
By far the most complex recreation I’ve attempted, this is a section of a setting by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) of Swinburne’s ‘East to West’. The lyrics were commissioned by Stanford for the ‘Chicago World’s Fair’ or the ‘Chicago Columbian … Continue reading
Sounding Victorian
The School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London, has published a blog post about this site and the consortium that it’s to become part of, Sounding Victorian. To read this post on AllthingsSED, please click the image … Continue reading
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‘The Hounds of Spring’
Muriel Elliot’s setting of Swinburne’s ‘When the Hounds of Spring’ from his Greek tragedy Atalanta in Calydon (1865), must have been hugely dramatic in performance, and not least at its premiere in the extraordinary venue of the Crystal Palace in 1906. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Atalanta in Calydon, Elsie Fogerty, Kit Anstruther-Thomson, Muriel Elliot, Swinburne, Theatre, Vernon Lee
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My Love, Mine Own, 1880
While I appear to have broken my rule about only including music set to Swinburne lyrics, this really is a special case. The lyrics were clearly inspired by Swinburne, and – as I can find no clue as to where they have … Continue reading
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Tagged Ford Madox Ford, hueffer, Rossetti, Swinburne, Victorian, Wagner
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Küss’ ich ihr Haar (1912)
This terrific adaption of Swinburne’s ‘Kissing Her Hair‘ is by Kurt Schindler (1882-1935). Dramatically different to the previous adaption of the poem I shared – the first-ever piece of music to be inspired by Swinburne’s verse – this beautifully textured song is wistful, reflective, … Continue reading
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Tagged Kissing her hair, Kurt Schindler, Poems & Ballads, Swinburne
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Felise, 1878
This strange and slightly drunk waltz by Theophilus Marzials feels apt for the Swinburne poem from which he took the words – ‘Felise’, from Poems and Ballads, First Series (1866). It’s a poem about the ending of an affair, though … Continue reading
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Tagged Felise, Marzials, Poems & Ballads, Swinburne, theo marzials, Victorian
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