FREDERIC H. COWEN

Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) was born Hymen Frederick Cohen in Kingston, Jamaica. His father became treasurer to “Her Majesty’s Opera” and the family moved to England when Frederic was age four. At age six, his composition Minna-waltz was published and, at age eight, an operetta, Garibaldi. His first public piano recital was when he was eleven. In 1865, he won the Mendelssohn Scholarship at the Leipzig Conservatorium. However, he did not accept the award and attended the institution as an independent student, since his parents were unwilling to give up control of him, as required by the scholarship. After returning to England, he became successful as a composer. His Symphony No. 3 in C minor (1880) became the most regularly and widely performed British symphony until Elgar’s First. From 1888-1892 he was conductor of Philharmonic Society of London after the resignation of Sir Arthur Sullivan (reappointed in 1899). In 1896, Cowen was appointed conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society and of the Hallé Orchestra. He also conducted the Bradford Festival Choral Society, the Bradford Permanent Orchestra, and the Scottish Orchestra (Royal Scottish National Orchestra). Cowen received honorary doctorates from Cambridge and Edinburgh.

All are mixed chorus except as noted; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	A lover’s counsel		F. Wyville Home	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Bring me a golden pen		Keats	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Come to me, gentle sleep		Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Come, May, with all thy flowers		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Evening brings us home		John Skelton	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Spring		Thomas Nashe	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Songs of the River No. 1.	Boat-Song		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Songs of the River No. 2.	Water-Lilies		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Songs of the River No. 3.	Resting		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Songs of the River No. 4.	Rowing homewards		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing