| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 7 songs |
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| Composition Year | 1885-94 |
| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | Seven Lieder |
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| Alternative. Title | Edward Elgar's Seven Lieder; Edward Elgar's Album of Seven Songs |
| Name Translations | Sept lieder d'Edward Elgar; Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar |
| Authorities | Wikipedia |
| Composer | Elgar, Edward |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IEE 124 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 7 songs, with opus number if any, and date of first publication:
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| Text Incipit | see below
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1885-94 |
| First Publication. | 1907 |
| Librettist | see below
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| Language | English, German words by Ed. Sachs |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 30 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
| Extra Information | See other publications of these songs in IMSLP pages Like to the Damask Rose, Queen Mary's Song, A Song of Autumn, The Poet's Life, and the 3 Songs, Op.16, by Elgar *The German title of No. 2, Queen Mary's Song, printed as Maria Stuart's Lied zur Laute, is wrong assuming that the Queen Mary of the title is Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart). Tennyson's play is about Queen Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), half-sister of Queen Elizabeth I. |