The Islands (Elgar)

The Islands (Elgar)

"The Islands" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the eight songs Elgar wrote for the "Pageant of Empire" which opened the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 23 April 1924.

The song is subtitled "A Song of New Zealand". It describes in two verses the atmosphere of the islands and the ties with the mother country.

Elgar used exactly the same music for another song in the set, called "Sailing Westward".

References

*Kennedy, Michael "Portrait of Elgar" (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0193154145
*Moore, Jerrold N. "Edward Elgar: a creative life" (Oxford University Press, 1984) ISBN 0193154471
*Richards, Jeffrey "Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876-1953" (Manchester University Press, 2002) ISBN 0719045061

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