Peter Warlock - song from Much Ado About Nothing

[timbreljedi]

I have enjoyed the music of Peter Warlock for a very long time. As a child I used to sing his version of "Adam lay ybounden," and as an adult I learned some of his Shakespeare settings. He use of mixed meter makes his music an exciting challenge to learn!

[Jectject1127]

I discovered Warlock a week ago, but he's a stranger to me so far.

Such interpretation, could this be men's view on women's view about men in our generation?

[frzewski]

A great composer, a pity too few understand his musical allusions (to intentional awkwardness provided by Elizabethan lute song hemiolas, or the faux sentimentality of late 19th-century ultrachromaticism) which are a musical equivalent of wry English wittiness and puns.

Several leading British 20th century composers, Britten and Howells included, thought Warlock one of the finest art song composers of all time.

[briefbrief]

Thank you for your insightful comment! I wish I had more professional knowledge of music to understand these allusions you mention... Besides his musical genius, he's a fascinating character that inspired some of the most interesting literary characters in early modern literature