Composition Year | 1887, rev. 1889 |
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Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Queen Mary's Song |
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Alternative. Title | Maria Stuart's* Lied zur Laute |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 61 |
Text Incipit | Hapless doom of woman happy in betrothing |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1887, rev. 1889 |
First Publication. | 1907 |
Librettist | Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), from Act II, Scene V of his play "Queen Mary: A Drama" (1875) |
Language | English |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes 40 seconds |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
External Links | Wikipedia article |
Extra Information | See this song published in 7 Lieder by Elgar *The German title Maria Stuart's Lied zur Laute is wrong assuming that the Queen Mary of the title is Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart). Tennyson's play is about Queen Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), half-sister of Queen Elizabeth I. |