Arthur Henry Behrend (2 October 1853 – 1935) was a Polish-born composer. He is remembered for his setting of Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar".
History
Behrend was born in
Danzig, a grandson of
Michael William Balfe
Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially ''The Bohemian Girl''.
After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to co ...
, composer of the opera ''
The Bohemian Girl
''The Bohemian Girl'' is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes' tale, ''La gitanilla''.
The best-known aria from the piece is "I D ...
''. He was best known in his lifetime for the 1885 song ''Daddy'' (lyrics by Mary Mark-Lemon), which made a fortune for him, despite disposing of his copyright while it was still popular. A long-standing member of the
Savage Club
The Savage Club, founded in 1857, is a gentlemen's club in London, named after the poet, Richard Savage. The club's logo is of an indigenous North American in a feathered headdress. Members are drawn from the fields of art, drama, law, literat ...
, he died in London.
List of compositions
;Popular
* "The Beautiful Land of Nod"
* "Bonjour, ma belle"
* "The Gift"
* "Hearts that Love" (
Frederic Weatherly
Frederic Edward Weatherly, KC (4 October 1848 – 7 September 1929) was an English lawyer, author, lyricist and broadcaster. He was christened and brought up using the name Frederick Edward Weatherly, and appears to have adopted the spelling 'F ...
)
* "The Silver Chord"
* "Think of Me" (Mary Mark-Lemon)
* "When Everything Is Young"
;Art songs
* "All's Right" (
Robert Browning
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian literature, Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentar ...
)
* "The Child Musician" (
Austin Dobson
:''This article describes the English racing driver. For the English poet, see Henry Austin Dobson''.
Austin Dobson (19 August 1912 in Lodsworth, Sussex – 13 March 1963 in Cuckfield
Cuckfield ( ) is a village and civil parishes in En ...
)
* "Clear and Cool" (
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the workin ...
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* "Crossing the Bar" (
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of ...
)
* "Stay, Stay at Home" (
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and '' Evangeline''. He was the first American to comp ...
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* "The Rainy Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
* "The Song of the Shirt" (
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs (poem), The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for ''The London Magazine'', '' ...
)
* "A Widow Bird" (in Through the Year. A Cantata for Ladies' Voices) (
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame durin ...
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References
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1853 births
1935 deaths
Polish composers
Musicians from Gdańsk