Paul Corder

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Paul Corder (born December 14, 1879 in London , † August 6, 1942 there ) was an English composer .

Corder was trained by his father Frederick Corder . From 1907 he was a teacher of harmony and composition at the Royal College of Music .

He composed operas and ballets , a Gaelic orchestral fantasy, cantatas and piano works.

Works

  • Rapunzel , opera
  • Grettir the Strong , opera
  • The Dryad , ballet
  • A Song of Battle for choir and orchestra
  • A Song of the Ford for male choir and orchestra
  • Four Sea Songs for baritone and orchestra
  • The Moonslave, a terpsichorean fantasy
  • A song of the bottle
  • Spanish Waters
  • Sunset and Sunrise
  • Pelleas and Melisande
  • Cyrano de Bergerac , overture
  • Gaelic Fantasy
  • Morar
  • Dross , musical drama without words
  • Violin concerto
  • Five tone paintings for orchestra: Along the Seashore: 1. The Ebbing Tide; 2. The Sea Cavern; 3. Seagull's Rock; 4. The still hour of dusk; 5. The Call of the Sea
  • String quartet
  • Fountains for viola and piano
  • Transmutations of an Original Theme for piano
  • Nine Preludes for piano
  • Three Studies
  • Passacaglia
  • Romantic Study
  • Heroic Elegy
  • Spanish Waters
  • To Autumn Memory
personal data
SURNAME Corder, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1942
Place of death London