E.J. Moeran: Collected Solo Piano Music - Volume Two

Volume 2-The second volume of piano works by E.J. Moeran part of the Thames Centenary Edition commemorative series. Edited by John Talbot this volume features a selection of pastoral works and folk or story-based pieces all suitable for the accomplished Piano soloist.

Volume 2-Ernest Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who in the first two decades of the twentieth century sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of tradtional folksong. All of Moeran's single solo songs most of which have been long out of print or difficult to obtain have been collected together and printed in these five fabulous volumes. Volume Two is a collection of solo pieces for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano with Piano accompaniment.

Volume 1-The first volume of collected songs by Ernest John Moeran for Tenor Voice with Piano accompaniment complete with editorial notes by John Talbot.

Rhapsody in F Sharp was commissioned by the BBC Proms and first performed in the Royal Albert Hall on August 19th 1943. Written for solo Piano with Orchestra accompaniment it has been arranged here for twoPianos. Written with the wartime audience in mind it is unashamedly popular in style with a flashy virtuosity making it immediately accessible and entertaining. There is argument among scholars as to whether it should bereferred to in the Major or Minor key as it makes almost equal use of both starting in one and finishing in the other. Ernest J Moeran (1894-1950) was an English composer who followed the tradition of R. VaughanWilliams and John Ireland by collecting preserving and using many folk songs mainly from Norfolk Suffolk and Ireland.