Seven Lieder (Elgar) Explained

Seven Lieder is a set of songs by the English composer Edward Elgar published together in 1907, by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.^[1]

The set was published with German words 'by Ed. Sachs', though a wartime reprint of the songs published it as Edward Elgar's Album of Seven Songs with only the English words.

It was also published in different keys, for 'high' and 'low' voice.

Songs

The songs are, with author of words, opus number (if any) and date of first publication:

1. "Like to the Damask Rose", Simon Wastell (1892)
2. "Queen Mary's Song", Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1889)
3. "A Song of Autumn", Adam Lindsay Gordon (1892)
4. "The Poet's Life", Ellen Burroughs (1892)
5. "Through the Long Days", John Hay, Op. 16, No. 2 (1885)
6. "Rondel", Henry Longfellow from a rondel by Froissart, Op. 16, No. 3 (1894)
7. "The Shepherd's Song", Barry Pain, Op. 16 No. 1 (1892)

Recordings

• Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar performed by Amanda Pitt (soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Peter Savidge (baritone) with David Owen Norris (on Elgar's 1844 Broadwood square piano).

Further reading

• Book: Moore, Jerrold Northrop . Jerrold Northrop Moore

. Jerrold Northrop Moore . 1999 . Edward Elgar: A Creative Life . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-816366-4. – briefly describes the development and prior publication of four of the seven songs

Notes and References

1. Book: Kennedy, Michael . Michael Kennedy (music critic)

   . Michael Kennedy (music critic) . 1987 . Portrait of Elgar . Third . Oxford University Press . 339–342 . 0-19-284017-7.