The Wind at Dawn
The Wind at Dawn | |
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Copertina | |
Musica | |
Compositore | Edward Elgar |
Tipo di composizione | Canzone |
Epoca di composizione | 1888, orch. 1912 |
Pubblicazione |
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Dedica | Dr. Ludwig Wűllner |
Organico | voce, pianoforte |
Testo inglese | |
Autore | Caroline Alice Roberts |
Epoca | 1880 |
Manuale |
The Wind at Dawn è una poesia scritta da Caroline Alice Roberts e messa in musica dal compositore inglese Edward Elgar nel 1888.
Storia
La poesia fu scritta nel 1880 dalla Roberts prima di incontrare Elgar; si sposarono l'anno successivo alla stesura della canzone.
Alice regalò la poesia a Edward quando si fidanzarono ed era tale la qualità del lavoro che mise in essa - la parte indipendente brillante per pianoforte, la voce a volte sottile, a volte eroica - che vinse il primo premio di £5 in un concorso organizzato dalla casa editrice di Joseph Williams. La canzone apparve di conseguenza sulla rivista Magazine of Music del luglio 1888. Elgar a sua volta le donò Salut d'Amour come regalo di fidanzamento e Jerrold Northrop Moore[1] trova una somiglianza in alcune parti tra le due opere.
Fu pubblicata da Boosey & Co. nel 1907 ed Elgar aggiunse la dedica al tenore tedesco Ludwig Wüllner.
Elgar arrangiò la canzone per orchestra nel 1912.
Versi
THE WIND AT DAWN
- And the wind, the wind went out to meet with the sun
- At the dawn when the night was done,
- And he racked the clouds in lofty disdain
- As they flocked in his airy train.
- And the earth was grey, and grey was the sky,
- In the hour when the stars must die;
- And the moon had fled with her sad, wan light,
- For her kingdom was gone with night.
- Then the sun upleapt in might and in power,
- And the worlds woke to hail the hour,
- And the sea stream’d red from the kiss of his brow,
- There was glory and light enow.
- To his tawny mane and tangle of flush
- Leapt the wind with a blast and a rush;
- In his strength unseen, in triumph upborne,
- Rode he out to meet with the morn!
Incisioni
- Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar contiene "The Wind at Dawn" eseguita da Amanda Pitt (soprano), con David Owen Norris (piano).
- Rarely Heard Elgar[collegamento interrotto] Versione orchestrale di "The Wind at Dawn". Munich Symphony Orchestra con Douglas Bostock, sull'etichetta ClassicO.
- Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)
- The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Christopher Maltman (baritono) con Malcolm Martineau (piano), al Southlands College, Londra, aprile 1999
Note
- ^ J. N. Moore, Edward Elgar: a creative life, p. 127
Bibliografia
- Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) ISBN 0-521-37944-X
- Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5
- Moore, Jerrold N. Edward Elgar: a creative life (Oxford University Press, 1984) ISBN 0-19-315447-1
- Inspiring quotes about changes
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Spartiti liberi di The Wind at Dawn, in International Music Score Library Project, Project Petrucci LLC.
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Dal nome di Elgar | Elgar Birthplace Museum · Elgar Society · Altopiani di Elgar | |
Raffigurazioni culturali | Elgar (film) | |
Famiglia | August Jaeger · Caroline Alice Elgar | |
Voci correlate | Ivor Atkins · Michael Kennedy · Jerrold Northrop Moore · Festival di Birmingham · Broadheath | |
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