ALEXANDER C. MACKENZIE

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a musical family. Mackenzie’s talent emerged early: at the age of eight he was playing nightly in his father’s orchestra. He was sent for his musical education to Germany. and, in 1862, he successfully applied for admission to the Royal Academy of Music in London. Shortly after starting at the Academy, he was awarded a King’s Scholarship, the income from which Mackenzie augmented by playing in theatre and music hall pit-bands, as well as in classical concerts. In 1865 Mackenzie returned to Edinburgh, teaching privately and in local colleges. In 1873 he took on the conductorship of the Scottish Vocal Association. Mackenzie’s heavy workload began to undermine his health. Mackenzie began composing full-time, spending much time in the company of Franz Liszt. In early 1888 Mackenzie was appointed as the principal of the Royal Academy of Music. He held the post for 36 years until his retirement in 1924. Together with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford, he was regarded as one of the fathers of the British musical renaissance in the late nineteenth century.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 1.	It is this		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 2.	I love the festive boy		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 3.	Autumn		Nathaniel Appleton Haven	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 4.	When spring begems the dewy scene		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 5.	The day of love		Thomas Moore	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 6.	A Franklyn’s dogge leped over a style		Richard Harris Barham	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Part Songs for Mixed voices, Opus 8, No. 7.	The stars are with the voyager		Thomas Hood	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The evening star		John Leyden	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The singers (in memoriam Arthur Sullivan)		Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing