Elgar and Women
OME of Elgar’s minor masterpieces are found in his part-songs for women’s voices-among them "The Swan" with its glorious accompaniment for two violins. This part-song is placed so beautifully for women thet its hard
to think of it in any other form, and it was delightfully sung in a recent 2YA Sunday afternoon programme by the English Singers, who have given several very pleasant broadcasts lately. On the same programme were more Elgar works, including "Like to the Darhask Rose," originally a contralto song, and the popular "Shepherd’s Song," here arranged for women’s voices. Whatever one may think of the propriety of arranging works not intended by the composer for such a choir, one cannot but admit that in the form heard they were quite convincing.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 486, 15 October 1948, Page 11
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129Elgar and Women New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 486, 15 October 1948, Page 11
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