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@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground So, in this 1st thread I am going to tweet links that explore background info about who Moeran was, I& #39;ll start with the obvious Wikipedia entry which gives an overview of his life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_John_Moeran">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erne...
@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground here is your next bitesize bit about Moeran& #39;s background. This is a really fascinating article about Moeran& #39;s collecting in Norfolk, written by Chris Holderness https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/moeran.htm">https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/...
@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground The Chris Holderness article is currently part of the http://mustrad.org.uk"> http://mustrad.org.uk website archive but @trad_mus are in the process of digitising Chris& #39; extensive archive, more info here https://www.eatmt.org.uk/the-chris-holderness-archive/">https://www.eatmt.org.uk/the-chris...
@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground if you& #39;re keeping up you now know Moeran was a classical composer drawing inspiration from folksong. I found lots of biogs about him on classical sites - this led to some myth debunking later! Links follow
@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground here& #39;s a very extensive and interesting biog about Moeran which is from a classical music site and gives details of Moeran as both collector and composer https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.571359&catNum=571359&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English">https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/...
@tradsongtues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground here& #39;s another site biog.I& #39;m including a few as found it fascinating to see ways he is presented&which life moments get selected/rejected plus the many discrepancies & inaccuracies! https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ej-moeran-mn0001169338/biography">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ej...
@tradsongtues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground ... This one details his wartime experiences more.... https://www.warcomposers.co.uk/moeranbio ">https://www.warcomposers.co.uk/moeranbio...
@tradsongtues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground I& #39;ll just add a couple more biog links to this thread as guessing I have saturated you all with background info this 1st hour! From 10ish I& #39;ll move on to looking at the places & singers Moeran collected
@TradSongTues #tradsongtues #songcollectors #ejmoeran #ejmoeranbackground another biog, remember to keep an eye out for commonalities and discrepancies across all of these.... https://www.chandos.net/composers/Ernest_John_Moeran/582">https://www.chandos.net/composers...
