Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was a British poet who remains one
of the most famous and popular. During the Victorian Era he was Poet
Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland, and some of his most notable
works include: Break, Break, Break, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and
Tears, Idle Tears. This volume contains his poem "Mary's Song" set to
music for voice and piano, composed by Charles V. Stanford. Sir Charles
Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and
teacher of music. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and
continued his studies in Berlin and Leipzig. He was a very influential
composer, responsible for making Cambridge University Musical Society an
internationally-acclaimed organisation. Stanford was also a profuse
composer, producing a large corpus of work in many genres; however, he
is perhaps best remembered for his Anglican choral works for church
performance. His music eventually became overshadowed by that of Edward
Elgar and a number of his former pupils in the 20th century. Many
vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and
expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the
history of musical notation.