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"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour" is the popular title for the national anthem of Dominica. [1] It was adopted upon the island gaining statehood in 1967 and again with Dominica's independence in 1978. The lyrics are by Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912–1985), and the music was composed by Lemuel McPherson Christian OBE (1917–2000). [2] [3]
Landau regards "Smackwater Jack" as a good example of the effectiveness of Goffin's and King's songwriting partnership. [3] He regards Goffin as providing "brilliant and far-ranging" lyrics, while King "is subtly embellishing the musical form itself". [3] AllMusic critic Stewart Mason agrees that the song has "dry wit and several clever lines". [4]
The Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1, [a] is a collection of Swedish-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written from 1897 to 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Constituent songs [ edit ]
The music magazine's Nicole Engelman called "Sword of Damocles" as a "swelling" piano ballad "[dripping] in political satire." [6] Rolling Stone 's Ryan Reed described the song as a ballad in which Wainwright "croons over stately piano chords". [4] Colin Bertram of Bloomberg.com called the song a "political anthem". [1]
King's early compositions include a Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor (1924), [10] two books of preludes (op. 5 and op. 7) and a Violin Sonata. But he became best known for the many light music genre pieces he wrote for piano with titles like Passing Clouds, Polka Piquante and Where Water Lilies Dream.
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Kaiser Wilhelm in the lyrics originally referred to William I who reigned until 1888. His son, Frederick III , who reigned for only 99 days , was succeeded by Wilhelm II . One of the jokes at the time was that the song's title is changed to "Heil Dir im Sonderzug" ("Hail to Thee in Thy Royal Train"), owing to Wilhelm II's frequent travels.
Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray Incidental music: 102: 27b: 1909: Stepney Children's Pageant: for orchestra: Incidental music: 102a: 27b: 1909: A Song of London: for unison chorus and piano: from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies Incidental music: 114: 1910: The Praise of King Olaf