Rondel (Elgar)

"Rondel" is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1894 as his Op. 16, No. 3. The words are by Longfellow, a translation of a Rondel by Froissart. The manuscript is dated 4 January 1894.

The song was first performed by Charles Phillips in St James's Hall on 7 December 1897.

The song was first published in 1896, by Ascherberg. It was re-published in 1907 as one of Elgar's Seven Lieder, with English and German words.

Lyrics

Recordings

• "The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220", Neil Mackie (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References

Further reading

• 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)
• Moore, Jerrold N. Edward Elgar: A Creative Life (Oxford University Press, 1984)

External links

• , Felicity Lott, Joseph Middleton