Benjamin Britten, a 20th-century English composer, greatly admired Henry Purcell, a 17th-century English composer, for his ability to set words with ingenuity and color.
Composition History
Benjamin Britten's Canticle I, 'My Beloved is Mine', was modeled on Henry Purcell's Divine Hymns and was first performed at a memorial concert in 1947.
Composer Biography
Hugo Wolf, an Austrian composer, became deeply engrossed in setting poems by Eduard Mörike in 1886, leading to a prolific period where he set over 50 of Mörike's texts.
Composer Biography
Robert Schumann, a German composer, shifted his focus from composing exclusively for piano to writing many songs in 1840, which he described as "far more melodious and direct."
Composer Biography
William Denis Browne, an English composer and critic, died in action during the First World War shortly after burying his friend, the poet Rupert Brooke.
Album & Artwork
The album title, Flax & Fire, is inspired by a line from Benjamin Britten's Canticle 1, 'For I was flax and he was flames of fire'.
Composition History
Franz Liszt's Tri Sonetti del Petrarca, S270a, were originally composed for high voice between 1838 and 1842, with a piano transcription published in 1846.
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