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Always and Everywhere
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Wikipedia article
'Always and Everywhere' is a song by the English composer Edward Elgar with words translated from the Polish of Zygmunt Krasiski by Frank H. Fortey.Moore (p. 346) describes Fortey as "an elderly resident of Birmingham". However the 1901 census shows him a boarder at 15 Wharf Road, King's Norton (nor far from Birmingham), aged only 25. Frank H. Fortey was a translator of Polish literature, his main work being the poems of Mickiewicz. He died in 1940. It was composed and published in 1901.
The repeated Always and Everywhere would have reminded the composer that the initials were those of his wife (Alice) and himself.Moore, p.346
Lyrics
O say not, when my earthly days are o'er,
That I have only caused thee sorrows sore;
For I have wrecked my own life, even more,
Always and Everywhere.
O say not, when on earth I no more dwell,
That I have numbed thy young hearts joyous swell;
I, too, have quaffed the Poison-Cup of Hell,
Always and Everywhere.
But say, when soft the grasses o'er me wave,
That God is kind to hide me in the grave;
For both my life and thine I did enslave,
Always and Everywhere.
But say, O say! when my last hours depart,
That my poor life was one long frenzied smart;
For I have loved thee, though with bitter heart,
Always and Everywhere.
Recordings
*[https://www.amazon.com/Elgar-Edward/dp/B00002610Y "The Unknown Elgar"] includes "Always and Everywhere" performed by Teresa Cahill (soprano), with Barry Collett (piano).
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200306/http://www.elgarfoundation.org/trolleyed/2/12/40/index.htm Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano] Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)
References
*Kennedy, Michael, 'Portrait of Elgar' (Oxford University Press, 1968)
*Moore, Jerrold N. Edward Elgar: a creative life (Oxford University Press, 1984)
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