Eric Thirkell Cooper

Eric Thirkell Cooper (before 1915 – after 1947) was a British soldier and war poet during World War 1.

He served with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), reaching the rank of Major. He published two collections of poems: Soliloquies of a Subaltern Somewhere in France (1915)[1] and Tommies of the Line, and Other Poems (1918).[2][3]

In 1916, the English composer John Ireland (1879–1962) published settings of three poems from Soliloquies of a Subaltern for voice and piano: "Blind" and "The Cost" in a set called Two Songs; and, separately, "Lines to a Garrison Churchyard", under the title "A Garrison Churchyard".[4][5] In the same year, the English composer Cyril Scott (1879–1970) also published a setting of that last poem, under the title "Garrison Churchyard".[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Eric Thirkell (1915). Soliloquies of a Subaltern Somewhere in France. archive.org (London: Burns & Oates Ltd). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Eric Thirkell (1918). Tommies of the Line, and Other Poems. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. ASIN B000WUJNVU.
  3. ↑ "Major Eric Thirkell Cooper". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "List of works – G to I". The John Ireland Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "A churchyard by a roadside bend". recmusic.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Music: Cyril Scott". cyrilscott.net. Retrieved 30 April 2015.