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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' 3 April 1859, Middletown, Connecticut | '''Born:''' 3 April 1859, Middletown, Connecticut | ||
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He undertook various musical studies at Stuttgart with Speidel and with Lebert and Pruckner. He studied composition at Franfort with Dr Hauff, and after staying there for six months moved on to Florence, Italy, where he studied singing with Vanuccini. Study in operatic composition followed, first with Richard Genée, in Vienna, and then with Léo Delibes, in Paris. | He undertook various musical studies at Stuttgart with Speidel and with Lebert and Pruckner. He studied composition at Franfort with Dr Hauff, and after staying there for six months moved on to Florence, Italy, where he studied singing with Vanuccini. Study in operatic composition followed, first with Richard Genée, in Vienna, and then with Léo Delibes, in Paris. | ||
De Koven returned to the US in 1882 to live in Chicago, Illinois, and later lived in New York. Many of his songs became popular, especially "Oh, Promise Me", which was one of the biggest song successes of its time. His comic operas were popular, and as a composer of works of this description De Koven, like Victor Herbert, become famous throughout the country. His greatest successes include Robin Hood, produced in Chicago, 1890, and in London, 1891, Rob Roy, produced in Detroit, 1894, The Mandarin, produced in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896 and The Highwayman (1898). Harry B. Smith wrote many of the libretti for his operettas. His opera The Canterbury Pilgrims | De Koven returned to the US in 1882 to live in Chicago, Illinois, and later lived in New York. Many of his songs became popular, especially "Oh, Promise Me", which was one of the biggest song successes of its time. His comic operas were popular, and as a composer of works of this description De Koven, like Victor Herbert, become famous throughout the country. His greatest successes include Robin Hood, produced in Chicago, 1890, and in London, 1891, Rob Roy, produced in Detroit, 1894, The Mandarin, produced in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896 and The Highwayman (1898). Harry B. Smith wrote many of the libretti for his operettas. His opera The Canterbury Pilgrims premièred at the Metropolitan Opera in 1917. | ||
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* Robin Hood - A Comic Opera (1890) | * Robin Hood - A Comic Opera (1890) | ||
:1. [[Overture from 'Robin Hood' (Reginald de Koven)|''Overture'']] ( [http:// | :1. [[Overture from 'Robin Hood' (Reginald de Koven)|''Overture'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | ||
:2. [['Tis the morning of the fair (Reginald de Koven)|'' 'Tis the morning of the fair'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | |||
:2. [['Tis the morning of the fair (Reginald de Koven)|'' 'Tis the morning of the fair'']] ( [http:// | :8. [[When a peer makes love to a damsel fair (Reginald de Koven)|''When a peer makes love to a damsel fair'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | ||
:12. [[And it's will ye quaff with me (Reginald de Koven)|''And it's will ye quaff with me (Song of Brown October Ale)'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | |||
:8. [[When a peer makes love to a damsel fair (Reginald de Koven)|''When a peer makes love to a damsel fair'']] ( [http:// | : 13. [[Oh, Promise Me (Reginald de Koven)|''Oh, Promise Me'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | ||
: 19. [[Let hammer on anvil ring (Reginald de Koven)|''Let hammer on anvil ring'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | |||
:12. [[And it's will ye quaff with me (Reginald de Koven)|''And it's will ye quaff with me (Song of Brown October Ale)'']] ( [http:// | : 23. [[When life seems made of pains and pangs (Reginald de Koven)|''When life seems made of pains and pangs'']] ( [http://usopera.com/downloads/index.html {{net}}] ) | ||
: 13. [[Oh, Promise Me (Reginald de Koven)|''Oh, Promise Me'']] ( [http:// | |||
: 19. [[Let hammer on anvil ring (Reginald de Koven)|''Let hammer on anvil ring'']] ( [http:// | |||
: 23. [[When life seems made of pains and pangs (Reginald de Koven)|''When life seems made of pains and pangs'']] ( [http:// | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=242 Reginald De Koven] at the Songwriters Hall of Fame | *[http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=242 Reginald De Koven] at the Songwriters Hall of Fame | ||
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[[Category:1859 births]] | [[Category:1859 births]] | ||
[[Category:1920 deaths]] | [[Category:1920 deaths]] | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 5 May 2009
Life
Born: 3 April 1859, Middletown, Connecticut
Died: 16 December 1920
Biography
Henry Louis Reginald De Koven was an United States music critic and composer of operettas. He moved to Europe in 1870, where he received the majority of his education. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford University, England in 1879.
He undertook various musical studies at Stuttgart with Speidel and with Lebert and Pruckner. He studied composition at Franfort with Dr Hauff, and after staying there for six months moved on to Florence, Italy, where he studied singing with Vanuccini. Study in operatic composition followed, first with Richard Genée, in Vienna, and then with Léo Delibes, in Paris.
De Koven returned to the US in 1882 to live in Chicago, Illinois, and later lived in New York. Many of his songs became popular, especially "Oh, Promise Me", which was one of the biggest song successes of its time. His comic operas were popular, and as a composer of works of this description De Koven, like Victor Herbert, become famous throughout the country. His greatest successes include Robin Hood, produced in Chicago, 1890, and in London, 1891, Rob Roy, produced in Detroit, 1894, The Mandarin, produced in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896 and The Highwayman (1898). Harry B. Smith wrote many of the libretti for his operettas. His opera The Canterbury Pilgrims premièred at the Metropolitan Opera in 1917.
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List of choral works
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- Robin Hood - A Comic Opera (1890)
- 1. Overture (
) - 2. 'Tis the morning of the fair ( )
- 8. When a peer makes love to a damsel fair ( )
- 12. And it's will ye quaff with me (Song of Brown October Ale) ( )
- 13. Oh, Promise Me ( )
- 19. Let hammer on anvil ring ( )
- 23. When life seems made of pains and pangs ( )
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Publications
- Vocal score of Rob Roy
- Vocal score of The Highwayman
- Vocal score of Robin Hood
- Vocal score of The Canterbury Pilgrims
External links
- Reginald De Koven at the Songwriters Hall of Fame