Roger Quilter
Roger Quilter (born November 1, 1877 in Hove , † September 21, 1953 in London ) was an English composer .
Life
Roger Quilter was the third of seven children of Sir William Cuthbert Quilters, a wealthy businessman (including the founder of the National Telephone Company in 1881 ), later baronets and notable art collector. After attending a private school, Roger Quilter moved to Eton College . In 1893 he began studying music at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main with Iwan Knorr and Ernst Engesser . His fellow students were there u. a. Percy Grainger (with whom he later remained on friendly terms), Cyril Scott and Henry Balfour Gardiner (who with him belonged to the so-called Frankfurt Group ). He returned to England in 1898, and in 1901 his op. 1, the Four Songs of the Sea , premiered at London's Crystal Palace .
Quilter worked successfully with the tenor Gervase Elwes until his death in 1921. Released from military service for health reasons, he organized series of concerts in hospitals in London during the First World War, where he himself acted as a song accompanist. Because of his homosexuality , he faced various social pressures, and after losing his nephew during World War II , he eventually fell victim to mental illness.
Quilter died in his home in the St John's Wood district of London . Despite his physical and mental frailty, he was still able to attend a concert organized by the BBC especially for his 75th birthday.
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Quilter's reputation in England is mainly based on his around 120 songs. His song work became part of the canon of English art songs that are sung to this day. Quilter's most popular songs include Love's Philosophy , Come Away Death , Weep You No More and By the Sea , as well as the version of O Mistress Mine . He was also the creator of mostly light-footed and entertaining orchestral music, such as the Children's Overture , in which melodies from nursery rhymes are interwoven, or the Where the Rainbow Ends suite . He influenced various English composers, including Peter Warlock .
Selection of works
- Songs of the Sea (1901)
- Where the Rainbow Ends ( incidental music) (1911)
- Love at the Inn (Opera)
- Five English Love Lyrics
- A Children's Overture
- Five Jacobean Lyrics
- Seven Elizabethan Lyrics (1908)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quilter, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hove |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1953 |
| Place of death | London |