The last rose of summer (Wytze Oostenbrug)
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(Posted 2024-05-06) CPDL #80524:
- Editor: Wytze Oostenbrug (submitted 2024-05-06). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 252 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: The last rose of summer
Composer: Wytze Oostenbrug
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 2024
Description: "The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'.
The poem is set to a traditional tune called "Aisling an Óigfhear", or "The Young Man's Dream",[2] which was transcribed by Edward Bunting in 1792, based on a performance by harper Denis Hempson (Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh) at the Belfast Harp Festival.[3] The poem and the tune together were published in December 1813 in volume 5 of Thomas Moore's A Selection of Irish Melodies. The original piano accompaniment was written by John Andrew Stevenson, several other arrangements followed in the 19th and 20th centuries. The poem is now probably at least as well known in its song form as in the original.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at The last rose of summer (John B. Shirley).