Which composer has written songs similar in style to Schubert but in ENGLISH?

Question

Hi!

I am a music teacher who is supposed to teach my high school music students to writing English songs.

I really like the style of Schubert's lieder and is encouraging my students to learn from his use of harmony, piano texture, etc.

However, I can't really use Schuber's songs to teach them about English text setting (as his songs are in German!).

In your opionion, which composer has written songs similar in style to Schubert but in ENGLISH?

Please help. Thank you.

Answer 1

Stephen Foster ...."Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair"....and other songs ...(American composer, very nice)

John Dowland ~ lute songs ~ "Come again, sweet love" (English composer)

Ralph Vaughan-Williams: "Orpheus with his Lute"....beautiful song ...(English composer)

Answer 2

There's a couple of CDs available here, one of Schubert Lieder and the other of English Song. You may find the second one useful.

http://www.lesleyjanerogers.demon.co.uk/penchant/index.html

The composers listed for English Song are Ireland, Bliss, Moeran, Warlock, Hopkins, Quilter, Thiman, Bax, Howells, Ross, Gibbs, Phillips, Bridge, Scott, Parry, Head, Elgar, Walton, Vaughan Williams, Britten and Gurney.

I have to declare an interest - I was the sound engineer on these CDs.

Answer 3

I can't think of any English song writer who wrote exactly like Schubert. There are, however, many English and American composers who wrote art songs. I have a CD by the American female composer, Amy Beach for example. Peter Warlock aka Hesletine wrote many songs, as did Vaughan Williams. And we mustn't forget Benjamin Britten. The Naxos CD label actually has a series called 'English Song'.

Answer 4

I really don't think you'll find exactly what you are looking for but here's a shot at it .... Peter Warlock (sounds more late romantic than anything else) also Samuel Barber's songs tend to be extremely tonal and musically logical

how could I forget Aaron Copeland!!!!

Answer 5

first of all, in case you get excitement from Dvorak's symphonies 7-9, do not over look his Symphony #6. in spite of the undeniable fact that that's a youthful artwork, I additionally discover entertainment in his Symphony #3. it quite is commencing subject has been caught in my techniques with the aid of the years. He additionally wrote 2 friendly suites that deserve your listening to. yet another modern of Dvorak, whose song displays his community Russia, is Peter Tchaikovsky. i became into presented to all 6 of his symphonies jointly as in junior intense and intense college. Of the faster ones, I get excitement from # 2, subtitled the little Russian Symphony and #3 the Polish Symphony. #4-6 are in lots of circumstances dark and intense in basic terms as you like. Gustav Mahler's later symphonies are super, yet Symphonies # a million, 4 and 5 lack the super choral factors, in spite of the undeniable fact that #4 does characteristic a soprano in the final circulation. Sir William Walton's Symphony #a million has great drama approximately it and, nonetheless not written in the Romantic era, actual follows in that form. Shostakovich wrote 15 symphonies. i've got in no way enjoyed #2 and #3, yet #a million, 5 and 9 are nicely worth your exploring till your ears adjust to his musical language, then you somewhat could desire to certainly come across others of his symphonies. i could additionally point out Howard Hanson's Symphony #2 subtitled the Romantic Symphony. it quite is not on the comparable point as Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, notwithstanding that's crammed with melody. Sibelius has an rather dark high quality approximately his song. it quite is not inevitably song it somewhat is grasped upon first listening to. Melodies look to emerge from the darkness of his rankings. i'm keen on his symphonies #a million, 2, 5 and seven. verify them out. over the years, you will come to get excitement from those masterful works.

Answer 6

Britten did a great round of Lieder. He called them "songs". :)