George Dyson: Three Songs of Courage

[BBMmk2]

Quiter agree withnyou there, FF. The musicis certainly more deserving than it is at the moment.

[EdgeleyRob]

Interesting composer, not really top league, but IMO certainly not 2nd rate.

Beautiful music nontheless.

[EdgeleyRob]

I only have one disc with Dyson's music - the Three Rhapsodies (now playing!) for string quartet. Very turn of the century English - the liner notes say: 'Derivative the music may be, but it is non-academic, warming and beautiful and sings ...' More in the manner of Parry and Stanford, it's suggested, than Elgar or RVW.

(c/w Howells' In Gloucestershire).

Yes, a lovely CD that one FF.

[french frank]

Yes, a lovely CD that one FF.

One of those serendipitous purchases - second hand - though it was the Howells (aka String Quartet No 3) that attracted my attention.

[Pabmusic]

I have enjoyed the amount of Dyson released in recent years, almost none of which I knew. One piece was already very well known, though we didn't realise it.

In 1918, when the RAF was formed out of the RFC and RNAS, they appointed Henry Walford Davies as Director of Music. Among his contributions was the famous RAF March - but it was shorter then than now. After two years, Davies stepped down and George Dyson was appointed. Dyson extended the RAF March by adding the trio section, with its broad melody, before a recap of Davies's march. However, when it was subsequently published, it was all credited to Davies. Dyson seems not to have minded, and nothing was known of this until papers were found after Dyson's death. There is now at least one modern edition that does credit both composers.

[BBMmk2]

Vert intereswtin g to read that, pabmusic. thank you.

[Roehre]

I have enjoyed the amount of Dyson released in recent years, almost none of which I knew. One piece was already very well known, though we didn't realise it.

In 1918, when the RAF was formed out of the RFC and RNAS, they appointed Henry Walford Davies as Director of Music. Among his contributions was the famous RAF March - but it was shorter then than now. After two years, Davies stepped down and George Dyson was appointed. Dyson extended the RAF March by adding the trio section, with its broad melody, before a recap of Davies's march. However, when it was subsequently published, it was all credited to Davies. Dyson seems not to have minded, and nothing was known of this until papers were found after Dyson's death. There is now at least one modern edition that does credit both composers.

Thanks Pabmusic, never knew that