John Woods Duke(1899-1984)
John Woods Duke was born in Cumberland on the 30th July 1899, the same year of the composers Angelo, Auric, Bárdos, Chávez (y Ramírez), Cortese, Coward, Davidenko, Gedda, Haas, Korchmaryov, Krása, Lamote de Grignon y Ribas, Manziarly, Müller von Kulm, Poulenc, Rohloff, Tcherepnin. Died in Northampton (Massachusetts) on the 26th October 1984 project Duke (Deeper articles)Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of Late Romanticism OPERE"Captain Lovelock" was performed on the 18th of August 1953 in Hudson Falls"The Sire de Maledroit" was performed on the 15th of August 1958 in Schroon Lake "The Yankee Pedlar" was performed on the 17th of August 1962 in Schroon Lake LIEDER"The little crocodile" (How doth the little crocodile), text of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)"Love and Friendship" (Love is like the wild rose-briar), published in 1977, text of Emily Brontë (1818-1848) "Jabberwocky", text of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "Silver", text of Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) "A piper", text of Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958) "Bredon Hill" (In summertime on Bredon), text of Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) "I watched the Lady Caroline", text of Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) "The Lobster Quadrille" (Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail), text of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "Calvary", text of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) "Luke Havergal", text of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) "Miniver Cheevy", text of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) "Richard Cory", text of Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) "Have you got a brook in your little heart", text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "I taste a liquor never brewed", text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "Sonnet XXIX" (When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes), text of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) "The rose did caper on her cheek", text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "An awful tempest mashed the air", published in 1978, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "Heart, we will forget him", published in 1978, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "The Duchess' Lullaby" (Speak roughly to your little boy), text of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "Worlds of Light" (I'm happiest when most away), published in 1977, text of Emily Brontë (1818-1848) "Loveliest of trees", text of Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) "New feet within my garden go", text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) "Rapunzel", published in 1947, text of Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914) "The Mock Turtle's Song" (Beautiful Soup, so rich and green), text of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) "O it was out by Donnycarney" (O, it was out by Donnycarney), text of James Joyce (1882-1941) "On the Moors" (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending), published in 1977, text of Emily Brontë (1818-1848) "Let down the bars" (Let down the bars, O Death), published in 1978, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
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"Girl with a Polka-Dot Blouse" (1919), oil on canvas, 105.2 x 72.7 cm, of the painter Amedeo Modigliani, contemporary of Duke (Barnes Collection, Merion) John Woods Duke |
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