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Edward Elgar

Like to the Damask Rose

"Like to the Damask Rose" is a poem either by Francis Quarles called "Hos ego versiculos", or by Simon Wastell called “The flesh profiteth nothing”. It was set to music by the English composer Edward

Lyrics#

Elgar made a few changes to the original words.

Recordings#

  • Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has “Like to the Damask Rose” performed by Amanda Pitt (soprano), with David Owen Norris (piano).
  • Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Konrad Jarnot (baritone), Reinild Mees (piano)
  • The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Neil Mackie (tenor) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References#

  • Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985)
  • Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968)
  • Moore, Jerrold N. “Edward Elgar: a creative life” (Oxford University Press, 1984)
Composer
Edward Elgar