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HH Richardson - Let Spring Come and other Songs | Toccata Classics TOCC0629

HH Richardson - Let Spring Come and other Songs

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0629

Barcode: 5060113446299

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 21st January 2022

Contents

About

The Australian writer Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946) was christened Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson: she adopted a male nom de plume in anticipation of professional prejudice. Although she made in international reputation as a novelist, she first trained as a pianist and wrote songs all her life – but they remained unpublished, so that her output as a composer has been completely overlooked until now. Her songs are straightforward and melodious, drawing their inspiration from Romantic German Lieder and Edwardian drawing-room ballads, lullabies and parlour songs in the manner of Bridge, Ireland, Quilter and other such composers.

The cover portrait was painted especially for this release by the well-known Australian artist Cathy Wilcox, best known for her cartoons for The Sydney Morning Herald.

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