Ernest John Moeran
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Ernest John Smeed Moeran (; 31 December 1894 – 1 December 1950) was an English composer whose work was strongly influenced by English and Irish folk music of which he was an assiduous collector. His output includes orchestral pieces, concertos, chamber and keyboard works, and a number of choral and song cycles as well as individual songs.
The son of a clergyman, Moeran studied at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford before service in the army during the First World War, in which he was wounded. After the war he was a pupil of John Ireland, and quickly established a reputation as a composer of promise with a number of well-received works. From 1925 to 1928 he shared a cottage with the composer Peter Warlock; the bohemian lifestyle and heavy drinking during this period interrupted his creativity for a while, and sowed the seeds of the alcoholism that would blight his later life. He resumed composing in the 1930s, and re-established his reputation with a series of major works, including a symphony and a violin concerto. From 1934 onwards he spent much of his time in Ireland, mainly in the coastal town of Kenmare.
In 1945 Moeran married the cellist Peers Coetmore, and for her he composed several works for cello. The marriage was not destined to last, and Moeran's final years were lonely. He died at Kenmare on 1 December 1950, having fallen into the water after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage. A second symphony was left unfinished at the time of his death. Composer Anthony Payne declared that "Moeran occupied a minor place in the music of his time, but his meticulously polished and ready technique is unsurpassed among his British contemporaries. This craftsmanship is evident in the clarity of his textures and processes, and in the superb sonority of his orchestral writing".
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- Lento, ma non troppo - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land" - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Var. IX. Nimrod - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, When I was one-and-twenty - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Finale. Britannia - The Albert Memorial - God Save the Queen - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Overture - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Jerusalem - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Christ Is Risen! - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- The Frog Galliard, P. 23 - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, Spring Song (Version for Cello & Piano) - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, Touch Her Soft Lips and Part - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Sanctus - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- II. Horkstow Grange - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25 - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- II. Allegro molto leggiero - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Kyrie - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- VIII. Passacaglia - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Farewell to Stromness, Op. 89 No. 1 - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, Con brio - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Rondo for Dancing (Version for 2 Violins & Cello) - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, Quite Slow and Thoughtful - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 4, Forlana. Allegretto grazioso - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 3, Serenade, "Snow Shower" - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 3, Mill-Field - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- 6 Songs, Op. 33: No. 4, The November Piano - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Dance of the Fairy Princess - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- II. Vivace - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Approach of Autumn - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Pastime with Good Company - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Andantino for Cello and Piano, Op. 21, No. 2a - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- III. Un Sonnet d'Amour - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, — - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- I. Allegro con molto spirito - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 4, Sleep - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- No. 2, — - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- The Westminster Waltz - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Romance. I hear It again (Maritana) - Chorus. Listen pilgrim, list [Chorus] - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- In the Woodlands - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- La Chasse - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Venus Waltz - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Magnificat - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- III. Minuet. Allegretto grazioso (Version for String Orchestra) - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- I. Meadow-Rest - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- III. Scherzo. Allegro con fuoco - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- II. Adagio - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Lay a Garland - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Elizabethan Serenade - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- VI. Carnival - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Nereid - British Classical Masterpieces - Ernest John Moeran
- Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Etude in F Minor - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 11, J. 98: II. Adagio - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. E. Griffiths for violin and piano) - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H 37 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6: II. Innig - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Fugue No. 2 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, H. 49A: II. Larghetto - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.266/L.48/P.251: Andante - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: Des Abends - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- 7 Charakterstücke, Op. 7: No. 1, Sanft und mit Empfindung - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: II. Adagio - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Romance, Op. 1 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6: V. Einfach - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, H. 27: II. Air Ecossais "Within a mile of Edinburgh town": Adagio non troppo - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude No. 6 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- 6 Irish Fantasies, Op. 54: No. 5, Hush Song. Larghetto - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 82: II. Romance - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Nocturne No. 10 in E Minor, H. 46B - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40, MWV O 11: II. Adagio - Molto sostenuto - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: Warum - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Clarinet Sonata: II. Vivace - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Rhapsody in F-Sharp Major - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in B Major, H. 17A: I. Moderato - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
- Konzertstück in F Minor, Op. 79, J. 282: Konzertstuck in F Minor, J. 282, Op. 79 - The Essential Benjamin Frith - Ernest John Moeran
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