Sir John Stevenson - Thomas Moore - The Last Rose of Summer: 5 Editor’s Choice Arrangements
A melancholic early 19th-century Irish song, popularized in Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies. The music adapts the folk tune "The Groves of Blarney," later associated with Romantic-era parlor music.
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a iconic Irish poem by Thomas Moore, set to music by Sir John Stevenson. Its themes of loneliness and transience made it a staple of 19th-century parlor music and influenced works like Flotow's opera "Martha".
A lyrical piano piece based on the traditional Irish melody, popularized in arrangements for solo instruments and often associated with Victorian-era sentimentalism.
A traditional Irish song based on Thomas Moore's poem, set to music by Sir John Stevenson. Popularized globally through its inclusion in operas and folk traditions.
A virtuosic Romantic-era elaboration on the traditional Irish melody, popularized in brass ensembles through Smith's Op.173 and later reinterpretations.
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