Woodforde-Finden's Four Indian Love Lyrics were initially self-published in 1902, then republished by Boosey & Co. in 1903 after a bass, Hamilton Earle, championed them.
Performer Biography
Michael Halliwell, the baritone on this recording, has sung in Europe, North America, South Africa, and Australia, and was a principal baritone for many years with the Netherlands Opera, Nürnberg Municipal Opera, and Hamburg State Opera.
Compositional Technique
In A Lover in Damascus, Woodforde-Finden advanced her compositional technique by linking most of the six songs with optional, but effective, brief linking passages in the piano.
Cultural Impact
The 'Kashmiri Song' from the Four Indian Love Lyrics was a major hit of the Edwardian years and was performed by diverse artists like Peter Dawson, John McCormack, Rudolf Valentino, and Deanna Durbin.
Cultural Impact
The second song from the Four Indian Love Lyrics, 'Less than the dust', inspired a 1916 silent film of the same name starring Mary Pickford.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in December 2013 in Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, with David Kim-Boyle as the recording engineer and producer.
Composer Biography
Amy Woodforde-Finden, born Amelia Ward, was the daughter of an American officer and a British mother, and displayed an early aptitude for composition, writing her first song at age nine.
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