Klarinet Archive - Posting 000695.txt from 1998/12

From: John Dablin <johnd@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bible and music - changed question
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 04:39:23 -0500

> Elgar was Anglican; I think Britten was too.
I think Elgar was Roman Catholic, which made it difficult for him to be
fully accepted into Victorian Society. My music dictionary says "he ...
became his [father's] assistant organist at St George's R.C. Church,
Worcester.". His masterpiece, "The Dream of Gerontius" is a setting of
a poem by Cardinal Newman, who was himself a convert to Catholicism, I
believe. Sadly you can't count that as a biblical work.
--
John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

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