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'''Pleading''' is a poem written by Arthur L. Salmon, and set to music by the English composer [[Edward Elgar]] in 1908, as his Op.48. |
'''"Pleading"''' is a poem written by Arthur L. Salmon,<ref>Arthur Leslie Salmon (born 1865), lover of literature, poet, music critic and author of British travel guides.</ref> and set to music by the English composer [[Edward Elgar]] in 1908, as his Op.48. |
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This is one of the most popular of Elgar's songs, and it was origianally written for voice with piano accompaniment. It was so successful that Elgar soon scored the accompaniment for orchestra. He wrote the song for his great friend Lady Maud Warrender, and it was dedicated to her. |
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This is one of the most popular of Elgar's songs. Elgar had returned home at the end of September 1908, feeling depressed after taking the score of his [[Symphony No. 1 (Elgar)|first Symphony]] to the publishers. Arthur Salmon had sent him a book of poems, and the loneliness expressed in ''"Pleading"'' fitted his mood. He finished the song within a week, and added the orchestration the next month. He wrote the song for, and dedicated it to his great friend Lady Maud Warrender. |
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It was published by [[Novello & Co]]. It has been referred to as Elgar's Op. 48, No. 1,<ref>Percy Young, ''Elgar O. M.'', p.424</ref> as if a set of songs had been planned for Lady Maud Warrender, but no other Op. 48 songs are known.<ref>Many of Arthur Salmon's poems were set to music by other composers: ''"Homing"'', with music written by ballad composer [[Teresa del Riego]] (1876-1896) and published in 1917 expresses sentiments similarly and would have been a suitable companion song for ''"Pleading"''. Noteworthy among others are ''"Wait!"'' (1916) and ''"The curtain falls"'' (1923) with music by the aristocratic lady composer [[Guy d'Hardelot]]; and ''"My dear old town"'' (1932) with music by Australian [[May Brahe]].</ref> |
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:Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland, |
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:Tell me the stories that I am forgetting, |
:Tell me the stories that I am forgetting, |
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::Quicken my hopes, and recompense my pain? |
::Quicken my hopes, and recompense my pain? |
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:Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland? |
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:Watching the fallen leaf, the faith grown fainter, |
:Watching the fallen leaf, the faith grown fainter, |
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::The memory smoulder’d to a dull regret. |
::The memory smoulder’d to a dull regret. |
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:Shall the remembrance die in dim forgetting– |
:Shall the remembrance die in dim forgetting– |
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::All the fond light that glorified my way? |
::All the fond light that glorified my way? |
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:Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland, |
:Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland, |
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::Home in the dusk, and turn my night |
::Home in the dusk, and turn my night to day? |
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==Recordings== |
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*[http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Works-Songs-Piano-Music-By-Edward-Elgar-MP3-Download/11044195.html Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar] has "Pleading" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano). |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200306/http://www.elgarfoundation.org/trolleyed/2/12/40/index.htm Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano] [[Amanda Roocroft]] (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano) |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828121451/http://www.elgarfoundation.org/trolleyed/2/51/index.htm Elgar: The Collector's Edition, CD 29] Robert Tear (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) |
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*[http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/02/somm220.htm The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220] Catherine Wyn-Rogers (soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*Moore, Jerrold N. “Edward Elgar: a creative life” (Oxford University Press, 1984) {{ISBN|0-19-315447-1}} |
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*Young, Percy M., ''Elgar O.M.'' (Collins, 1955) |
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Latest revision as of 04:52, 25 January 2024
"Pleading" is a poem written by Arthur L. Salmon,[1] and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1908, as his Op.48.
This is one of the most popular of Elgar's songs. Elgar had returned home at the end of September 1908, feeling depressed after taking the score of his first Symphony to the publishers. Arthur Salmon had sent him a book of poems, and the loneliness expressed in "Pleading" fitted his mood. He finished the song within a week, and added the orchestration the next month. He wrote the song for, and dedicated it to his great friend Lady Maud Warrender.
It was published by Novello & Co. It has been referred to as Elgar's Op. 48, No. 1,[2] as if a set of songs had been planned for Lady Maud Warrender, but no other Op. 48 songs are known.[3]
Lyrics
[edit]PLEADING
- Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland,
- Home in the dusk, and speak to me again?
- Tell me the stories that I am forgetting,
- Quicken my hopes, and recompense my pain?
- Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland?
- I have grown weary, though I wait for you yet;
- Watching the fallen leaf, the faith grown fainter,
- The memory smoulder’d to a dull regret.
- Shall the remembrance die in dim forgetting–
- All the fond light that glorified my way?
- Will you come homeward from the hills of Dreamland,
- Home in the dusk, and turn my night to day?
Recordings
[edit]- Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "Pleading" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).
- Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)
- Elgar: The Collector's Edition, CD 29 Robert Tear (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
- The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Catherine Wyn-Rogers (soprano) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999
References
[edit]- ^ Arthur Leslie Salmon (born 1865), lover of literature, poet, music critic and author of British travel guides.
- ^ Percy Young, Elgar O. M., p.424
- ^ Many of Arthur Salmon's poems were set to music by other composers: "Homing", with music written by ballad composer Teresa del Riego (1876-1896) and published in 1917 expresses sentiments similarly and would have been a suitable companion song for "Pleading". Noteworthy among others are "Wait!" (1916) and "The curtain falls" (1923) with music by the aristocratic lady composer Guy d'Hardelot; and "My dear old town" (1932) with music by Australian May Brahe.
- Kennedy, Michael Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5
- Moore, Jerrold N. “Edward Elgar: a creative life” (Oxford University Press, 1984) ISBN 0-19-315447-1
- Young, Percy M., Elgar O.M. (Collins, 1955)
External links
[edit]- Pleading: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
