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Jean Morel : The Light of Western Stars

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2014 · Music

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#1 from 'The Edge of Beyond', Lyric Suite for Piano (pub. 1920)
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Here is another piece by the British composer (Alfred) Frederic Mullen (1868-1936). Jean Morel was one of the pseudonyms he used: others were Gustave Lind and Pierre Lescaut. The suites of piano pieces by this 'group' of composers were very popular in the early years of the last century. The title of the suite suggests mysticism, but this is definitely a realm of the British Empire! This piece is intriguing in its anticipation of the later Ivor Novello operetta style.  The title of this piece is taken from a 1914 Western novel by the American writer Zane Grey (1872-1939) which was used for a 1940 Alan Ladd movie - you can see a cover from an early cheap edition of the novel in my thumbnail.  However, I am unable to trace the source of the verse which heads this piece:
"There would I live, there would I die,
Where Nature sings a lullaby"
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