''Seven Lieder'' is a set of songs by the English composer

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

published together in 1907, by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd. The set was published with German words 'by Ed. Sachs', though a wartime reprint of the songs published it as ''Edward Elgar's Album of Seven Songs'' with only the English words. It was also published in different keys, for 'high' and 'low' voice.

Songs

The songs are, with author of words,

opus number In music, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's publication of that work. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among ...

(if any) and date of first publication: #" Like to the Damask Rose", Simon Wastell (1892) #" Queen Mary's Song",

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 ...

(1889) #" A Song of Autumn",

Adam Lindsay Gordon Adam Lindsay Gordon (19 October 1833 – 24 June 1870) was a British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician. He was the first Australian poet to gain considerable recognition overseas, and according to his contemporary, write ...

(1892) #" The Poet's Life", Ellen Burroughs (1892) #" Through the Long Days",

John Hay John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a Secretary to the President of the United States, private secretary for Abraha ...

, Op. 16, No. 2 (1885) #" Rondel",

Henry 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 complet ...

from a rondel by

Froissart Jean Froissart ( Old and Middle French: ''Jehan''; sometimes known as John Froissart in English; – ) was a French-speaking medieval author and court historian from the Low Countries who wrote several works, including ''Chronicles'' and ''Meli ...

, Op. 16, No. 3 (1894) #" The Shepherd's Song",

Barry Pain Barry Eric Odell Pain (28 September 18645 May 1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist and writer. Biography Barry Odell Pain was born to the working class couple Maria and John Odell Pain on September 28, 1864. Later, the socio-economic ...

, Op. 16 No. 1 (1892)

Recordings

Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar
performed by Amanda Pitt (soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Peter Savidge (baritone) with

David Owen Norris David Owen Norris, (born 1953) is a British pianist, composer, academic, and broadcaster. Early life Norris was born in 1953 in Long Buckby in Northamptonshire, England, later attending Daventry Grammar School. He took lessons locally from co ...

(on Elgar's 1844 Broadwood

square piano The square piano is a type of piano that has horizontal strings arranged diagonally across the rectangular case above the hammers and with the keyboard set in the long side, with the sounding board above a cavity in the short side. It is variousl ...

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