EDWARD GERMAN

Sir Edward German (1862-1936) was born Edward German Jones, son of a church organist of Welsh descent. At age five, he began learning the organ and piano from his father. He taught himself the violin, led the town orchestra, and began to compose music. He entered the Royal Academy of Music at age eighteen, where he changed his name to avoid confusion with another student named Edward Jones. German began to build a career as a composer in the mid-1880s, writing serious music as well as light opera. In 1888, he became music director of Globe Theatre in London, providing incidental music for many of its productions and those of other London theatres. His output included symphonies, orchestral suites, symphonic poems and a substantial amount of songs and piano music. After the death of Sir Arthur Sullivan in 1900, German completed Sullivan’s score for the operetta The Emerald Isle, and soon after, seemed established as the successor to Sullivan. Some failures eventually caused him to abandon his career as a composer. From 1911 onward, he prepared the scores of his works for publication and conducted concerts. He was knighted in 1928, and he received a medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1934.

 

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TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
Here's a Paradox for Lovers			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
In Praise of Neptune		Thomas Campion	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
London Town		John Masefield	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
My bonnie lass she smileth		Old English	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
O lovely May	w/piano	Henry Wethered	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
O peaceful night		W. Herbert Scott	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Orpheus and his lute	SATB/opt. piano	Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Orpheus and his lute	SSAATTBB/opt. piano	Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Rolling down to Rio	w/piano	Rudyard Kipling	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sleeping		Old English	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sweet day, so cool		George Herbert	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The chase		Edward Oxenford	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The three knights		Arthur Cleveland	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Who is Sylvia?	SATBdiv	Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Who that knows how I love you			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing