"The Blue Mountains" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (collectively known as the "Pageant of Empire") written to be performed in the Pageant of Empire at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, on 21 July 1924.[1][2]
The song is subtitled "A Song of Australia". It refers to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, and the pioneers who went westward to new lands beyond them.
References
[edit]- ^ Kennedy, Michael (1987). Portrait of Elgar (Third ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 181, 356. ISBN 0-19-284017-7.
- ^ Moore, Jerrold Northrop (1999). Edward Elgar: A Creative Life. Oxford University Press. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-19-816366-4.
- Richards, Jeffrey "Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876-1953" (Manchester University Press, 2002) ISBN 0-7190-4506-1
External links
[edit]- The Blue Mountains (Elgar): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Digital Collections The Blue Mountains
