Most famous for his comic operas, which until the first world war were very popular and among the most performed operas in the world.
Anton Rubinstein Morgenlied/Morning song
I went into the fields long ago
and made up this song
Anton Rubinstein
My conclusion is that I am neither fish nor fowl – a pitiful individual.
Gabriel Pierné Les trois chansons / The three songs
Let no worry burden you
let us love! Let‘s always love!
Gabriel Pierné Le sais-tu bien?/ Do you know?
Do you know how much I love you
oh my love, my only love?
Gabriel Pierné
Has a square with a little park on it named after him in Paris.
F.X. Scharwenka Sonnenlicht! Sonnenschein!/ Sunlight! Sunshine!
Close my eyes, wish me peace
tell me we‘ll meet again
Franz Xaver Scharwenka
Protegé of Liszt, friend of Brahms and Bruch.
Elfrida Andrée En vacker höstdag/ A beautiful autumn day
Newborn green the grass
High and blue the heaven
Elfrida Andrée Visa en vårmorgon/Song on a spring morning
Joy and beauty
awakened from their winter sleep
Elfrida Andrée
Visa en vårmorgon / Song on a spring morning En vacker höstdag / A beautiful autumn day The swedish composer Elfrida Andrée (1841 – 1926) was born on the …
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor When I am dead, my dearest
When I am dead, my dearest
sing no sad songs for me
Plant thou no roses at my head
nor shady cypress tree