"The Watcher, Op. 74" is a musical composition for voice and piano by
Cecil Forsyth. The lyrics of the piece are those of the eponymous poem
by James Stephens (1880 - 1950), an Irish poet and novelist. He is best
remembered for his novels "The Charwoman's Daughter" and "The Crock of
Gold", as well as the collection of poetry "The Hill of Vision". This
volume will appeal to lovers of poetry and classical music alike, and it
is not to be missed by collectors of Forsyth's seminal work. Cecil
Forsyth (1870 - 1941) was an English composer and musicologist. He
played the viola in various orchestras after attending the University of
Edinburgh and Royal College of Music, where he studied together with
Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. He is best remembered for
his operas "Westward Ho!" and "Cinderella", as well as the choral ballad
"Tinker, Tailor". He also published a number of books, including: "A
Study of English Opera" (1911), "Choral Orchestration" (1920), and "A
History of Music" (1916). 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 and biography of the composer.