The Blue Mountains (Elgar)

"The Blue Mountains" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (also known as the "Pageant of Empire") written to be performed in the Pageant of Empire at the British Empire Exhibition on 21 July 1924.

The song is subtitled "A Song of Australia". It refers to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, and the pioneers who went westward to new lands beyond them.

Recordings

The Blue Mountains on YouTube MIDI version of the vocal score

References

• Kennedy, Michael "Portrait of Elgar" (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5
• Moore, Jerrold N. "Edward Elgar: a creative life" (Oxford University Press, 1984) ISBN 0-19-315447-1
• Richards, Jeffrey "Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876-1953" (Manchester University Press, 2002) ISBN 0-7190-4506-1

External links

• Digital Collections The Blue Mountains