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In the Dawn

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”In the Dawn” is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1901 as his Op.41, No.1.

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The words are from the poem “The Professor” by Arthur Christopher Benson.

At about the same time Elgar wrote a song Speak, Music!, as his Op.41, No.2, with words from the same poem.

The two songs were first performed in the Queen's Hall on 26 October 1901. The cover of the song, published by Boosey & Co, indicates that it was sung by John Coates (tenor), who recorded the song in 1915.

Lyrics

Some souls have quickened, eye to eye,The swift fire leaps, and instantlyHenceforth they can be cold no more;But not the numbness, as beforeHenceforth, though ages rollWhate’er betide, one human soulWhatever joy be dearly bought,The straitest cell of secret thoughtAy, were I parted, life would beBlind tracks in vales of miseryNay, God forgive me!But to have loved her sets my soul

Recordings

  • An early recording, probably the first, was made on 14 April 1915 by John Coates for the Gramophone Company 02583 (matrix HO 751ac).
  • Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "In the Dawn" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).
  • Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)
  • The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Neil Mackie (tenor) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

    • References

    In the Dawn Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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