Previous posts for November 1st are here: Roger Quilter; Guido Adler (2019), Victoria de los Angeles (2020), Roger Quilter (2021), Roger Quilter (2022), and Roger Quilter
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Roger Quilter (1 November 1877 – 21 September 1953) was a British composer, important for his art songs.
Assessment
While a collection rather than a true song cycle, Seven Elizabethan Lyrics is "probably the best single volume of songs the composer ever produced", according to Michael Pilkington. – Wikipedia
Roger Quilter’s lyric taste,
Traditional and very chaste,
Focused on familiar rimes
From Merrie England’s Olden Times.
He set these verses by the cluster
With all the taste that he could muster,
And writing with polite sincerity,
Avoided bombast or severity.
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