A Song of Autumn

"A Song of Autumn" is a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon set to music by Edward Elgar in 1892.

The song was dedicated by Elgar to 'Miss Marshall'. It was first published by Orsborn & Tuckwood, then by Ascherberg in 1892 before it was re-published in 1907 as one of the Seven Lieder, with English and German words (German words by Edward Sachs).

Lyrics

Recordings

• Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "A Song of Autumn" performed by Amanda Pitt (soprano), with David Owen Norris (piano).
• Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Konrad Jarnot (baritone), Reinild Mees (piano)
• The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Christopher Maltman (baritone) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

Notes

Sources

• Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985)
• Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968)
• Sladen, Douglas (ed.), The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon, London, Constable & Co., 1912

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