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''The Spirit of England'', Op. 80, is a work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano/tenor soloist in three movements composed by Edward Elgar between 1915 and 1917, setting text from Laurence Binyon's 1914 anthology of poems ''The Winnowing Fan''. The work acts as a requiem for the dead of World War I and is dedicated "to the memory of our glorious men, with a special thought for the Worcesters".〔("The Spirit of England" ), Elgar.org, retrieved 29 November 2014〕 The first of Binyon's poems used by Elgar was published within a week of Britain's entry into the war. Its title, "The Fourth of August", marks the date of the declaration of war on Germany. The second, "To Women", and the third, "For the Fallen", were written before the end of 1914, after British troops had suffered the first of many great losses during the conflict.〔Stout, Janis. ("'This Dreadful Winnowing-Fan': Rhetoric of War in Edward Elgar's ''The Spirit of England''" ), ''Choral Journal'', 44.9, April 2004, pp. 9–19 〕 Elgar conducted the second and third sections in Leeds in 1916.〔 The complete work was first performed in Birmingham on 4 October 1917, by the soprano Rosina Buckman, with Appleby Matthews conducting his choir and the New Beecham Orchestra.〔"Elgar's 'Fourth of August'", ''The Times'', 5 August 1917, p. 6〕 ==Movements== # "The Fourth of August" – Moderato e maestoso – G major # "To Women" – Moderato – # "For the Fallen" – Solenne – A minor 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Spirit of England」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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