The Last Rose Of Summer...Played On Tyros 2!

My arrangement of "The Last Rose Of Summer." This song was first a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson, 1761-1833, set the poem to its beautiful melody and it was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34).

This melody was used extensively throughout Friedrich von Flotow's opera "Martha," first performed in 1847 in Vienna. This opera was a remodelling from a ballet written in conjunction with Burgmuller and Deldevez, and produced in Paris in 1844 as "Lady Henriette." Flotow made liberal use of Stevenson's beautiful melody.




The pictures are of the state of Ohio...Loveland, (Chateau La Roche), and Cincinnati, (Union Station, now a museum). The Chateau La Roche (meaning "Rock Castle") was built almost entirely by one man: Harry Andrews. Harry Andrews was a remarkable man who lived a long life full of many highs and lows. The story of the Castle begins in 1927 when he purchased some land in Loveland, Ohio. The land sat on the bank of the Little Miami River and was perfect for his plans. He planned to have a place where he could take the young men from his Sunday School class to camp, fish, and swim. After a couple of years, the tents used by the boys had begun to decay, so Mr. Andrews had the boys gather some stones from the river. He built a "stone tent" with two rooms.

From this came the Knights of the Golden Trail whose purpose was to uphold the Ten Commandments along with the traditional principles of knighthood. Of course, the Knights would need a castle, and so the Chateau La Roche was born on June 5, 1929. The name was in honor of the castle where Mr. Andrews was stationed during World War I, the "Chateau de La Roche" (located in southwest France).
Mr. Andrews lived in the castle, and worked on it until his death in 1981.

I hope that you enjoy my arrangement, and the pictures! Please feel free to comment, and to rate the video...thanks!!!

Category:

Music

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• Tyros2
• Yamaha
• Irish
• Folk
• Historical
• Ohio
• Autumn
• Trains
• Museum
• Cincinnati

[clarebannerman]

Very well played.

[ilovetrains63]

Hi clarebannerman...Thanks very much!!! Best Regards from California, USA...Dwayne!!!

[sab2rou]

こんにちは。だいすきな曲の一つです。画像と演奏がとても素晴ら­しい。ありがとうございます。貴方の他のも含めて、何度でもここ­に来ます。

[ilovetrains63]

Hi sab2rou...thanks very much!!! Best Regards from California, USA!

[danathefairy]

ya the song is great... but wow thank you so much for the pics! As a teen i lived next door to this union station so it was quite a walk down memory lane for me. THANKS AGAIN!

[ilovetrains63]

Hi danathefairy...thanks very much!!! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!!!

[pandora17june]

I say again you are great awesome thank you

[ilovetrains63]

Hi colamannen...thanks very much!!! I'm glad that you liked my arrangement!!! I think it's a beautiful haunting melody!

[colamannen]

You are awesome dude! Have only heard the demos of this song on Tyros2 and the PSR-S900!. Finally I can hear the full version. Thank you!

[ilovetrains63]

Hi whiskers6...thanks very much!!! It is an old Irish song. I have a bit of history of this tune...in the "About This Video" section, (upper right hand corner), just click on "More," and read about it. I've heard that version done by pipes, and drums before...too. Thanks again!!!