The Pipes of Pan (Elgar)

The Pipes of Pan
	Copertina
Musica
Compositore	Edward Elgar
Tipo di composizione	Canzone
Epoca di composizione	1899, orch. 1902
Prima esecuzione	12 maggio 1900; Queen's Hall, Londra.
Pubblicazione	1900, Londra: Boosey & Co.
Durata media	5 min.
Organico	voce, pianoforte
Testo inglese
Autore	Adrian Ross
	Manuale

The Pipes of Pan è una poesia di Adrian Ross messa in musica dal compositore inglese Edward Elgar,^[1] completata il 5 giugno 1899.

Storia

La canzone fu pubblicata da Boosey nel 1900.^[2] La prima esecuzione fu di "Miss Blouvelt"^[3] al Crystal Palace il 30 aprile 1900.^[2]^[4] Elgar arrangiò anche l'accompagnamento per orchestra della canzone,^[5] che fu cantata per la prima volta da Andrew Black alla Queen's Hall il 12 maggio 1900.^[2]

Le prime edizioni della partitura vocale portano l'iscrizione "Cantata dal signor Ivor Foster"; Foster era un popolare cantante d'opera e, in particolare, cantante da concerto del momento, i cui crediti comprendevano la partecipazione alla serie di concerti di ballate di Boosey.^[6]

Versi

THE PIPES OF PAN

When the woods are gay in the time of June

With the Chestnut flow’r and fan,

And the birds are still in the hush of noon, -

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

He plays on the reed that once was a maid

Who broke from his arms and ran,

And her soul goes out to the list’ning glade -

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

Though you hear, come not near,

Fearing the wood-god’s ban ;

Soft and sweet, in the dim retreat,

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

When the sun goes down and the stars are out,

He gathers his goat-foot clan,

And the Dryads dance with the Satyr rout ;

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

For he pipes the dance of the happy Earth

Ere ever the gods began,

When the woods were merry and mad with mirth -

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

Come not nigh, pass them by,

Woe to the eyes that scan !

Wild and loud to the leaping crowd,

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

When the armies meet on the battle field,

And the fight is man to man,

With the gride of sword and the clash of shield -

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

Thro’ the madden’d shriek of the flying rear,

Thro’ the roar of the charging van,

There skirls the tune of the God of Fear -

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

Ours the fray – on and slay,

Let him escape that can !

Ringing out in the battle shout,

Hark to the pipes of Pan !

Incisioni

Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "The Pipes of Pan" performed by Peter Savidge (baritone), with David Owen Norris (piano).
The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Christopher Maltman (baritone) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

Note

^ Moore, p. 270
^ ^a ^b ^c Kennedy, p. 345
^ Certainly American soprano Lillian Blauvelt who was performing in Queen's Hall concerts at the time
^ Banfield, p. 441
^ Moore, p. 376n
^ Foster, Ivor Llewelyn (1870 - 1959), singer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography, su biography.wales. URL consultato il 18 aprile 2020.

Bibliografia

Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) ISBN 0-521-37944-X
Kennedy, Michael Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, Third ed., 1987) ISBN 0-19-284017-7
Moore, Jerrold Northrop Edward Elgar: A Creative Life (Oxford University Press, 1984) ISBN 0-19-315447-1