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From: Rebekkah Graves
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There's a gorgeous setting of this by Ralph Vaughan Williams from his cycle
ALONG THE FIELDS (on poems by A.E. Houseman [sic?]) -- the cycle is for soprano
and violin... and that's it. No piano, no other help. Hauntingly gorgeous,
and tricky to sing AND play -- intonation is a challenge in some places because
of a number of tri-tone double-stops in the violin (not in "Last Rose",
though). Very much worth the work.

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Rebekkah Graves
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Fiona Chow wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Friends:
> > Trying to get ready for NATS applications and see that I need to
> change
> > one category for a continuing ed. student. I had the brilliant idea of
> > changing our entry "The Last Rose of Summer" from an opera by Flowtow, to
> > "The Last Rose of Summer", a folk song, arranged by..........
>
> The folksong is probably Britten's. It is a haunting arrangement, I always
> found.
>
> Fiona

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Rebekkah Graves
Soprano

http://www.rebekkahgraves.com
mailto:rebekkah-at-rebekkahgraves.com
http://www.mp3.com/rebekkahgraves
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