Thursday, July 11, 2024

July 11 - Liza Lehmann (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 11th are found here: Hermann Prey (2019), Liza Lehmann (2020), Mattiwilda Dobbs; Liza Lehmann (2021), Nicolai Gedda (2022), and John Hill Hewitt; Antônio Carlos Gomes (2023)

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Liza Lehmann (11 July 1862 – 19 September 1918) was an English composer and operatic soprano. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Victoriana

Lehmann’s vocal quartets cycles with piano: The Daisy-Chain (L. Alma-Tadema, R.L. Stevenson and others); In a Persian Garden (E. FitzGerald, after O. Khayyām); More Daisies; Nonsense Songs (from L. Carroll: Alice in Wonderland); Breton Folk-Songs (F.M. Gostling); Prairie Pictures (Lehmann); Parody Pie (1914) - as listed in Wikipedia


Cycles of songs for vocal quartet

Might strike us as a risky bet,

But in Miss Lehmann’s time and place

Her offerings found a warm embrace.


They helped the creeping hours advance

By giving evening guests a chance

To show their genteel vocal talents

To other cultured maids and gallants.

 

 

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