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The Giaour is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Oriental romances. The Giaour proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically and commercially.
This work, as well as the English Folk Song Suite, stemmed from Vaughan Williams' admiration for the band of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall. [3] The work was re-arranged for full orchestra in 1942 by the composer. [4] The term "sea songs" may also be used to refer to any songs about or concerned with ships and seafarers.
Michael James Williams (c. 1944–1983), known as Prince Far I, Jamaican reggae musician Michael Glenn Williams (born 1957), composer, pianist and technologist Michael F. Williams (born 1962), New Zealand composer of contemporary classical music
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan is the title of three works by the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, produced in 1826, 1835 and 1856. They all show a scene from Lord Byron 's 1813 poem The Giaour , with the Giaour ambushing and killing Hassan, the Pasha, before retiring to a monastery. [ 1 ]
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 is a song cycle by Sir Edward Elgar consisting of five songs written by various poets. It was set for contralto and orchestra, though a distinct version for piano was often performed by Elgar. Many mezzo-sopranos have sung the piece. The songs are: [1] "Sea Slumber Song" by Roden Noel (approximately 4 minutes)
Memoirs of a Geisha: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2005 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams.The original score and songs were composed and conducted by Williams and feature Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman as cellist and violinist, respectively. [1]
A Sea Symphony is an hour-long work for soprano, baritone, chorus and large orchestra written by Ralph Vaughan Williams between 1903 and 1909. The first and longest of his nine symphonies, it was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1910 with the composer conducting, and its maturity belies the relatively young age – 30 – when he began ...
The traditional singer Harry Cox sang a complete version to Mervyn Plunkett c.1959 which is available on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. [12] The British folk singer Bob Buckle recorded it in 1975. This is now available on Amazon music. Alan Lomax recorded Kentucky singer Jean Ritchie singing a version of this song in 1949 in New ...