Sang by CLARA BUTTERWORTH (Soprano) and LEONARD GOWINGS (Tenor)
With THE COMPOSER at the Piano
CLARA BUTTERWORTH
Starry Woods
Butterfly Wings
Sing, sing, blackbird
LEONARD GOWINGS
Dolorosa Phyllis
The Quest
CLARA BUTTERWORTH
Love, the Jester In April
0 ship of my delight
LEONARD GOWINGS
Nightfall at Sea My Celia
Can I Forget
CLARA BUTTERWORTH
The Dance on the Lawn
A Young Girl's Song
The Enchanted Forest
SONGS by Montague Phillips figure constantly in programmes, and much of his music is popular in the best sense of the word. The attractive music to The Rebel Maid is also his. But his music is not all of the light-hearted order which listeners know best; he has composed in more serious vein, and his larger works include a Symphony, a Symphonic Poem on the subject of Boadicea, an Overture (called 'Heroic Overture') and a pianoforte concerto.
Born in 1885 he was a distinguished pupil of the Royal Academy of Music, of which he is now a Fellow. He has also held the posts of Professor of Composition and Examiner there...