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Hubert Bath: Italian Suite (1924)

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2014 · Music

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1 - Ships (Prelude); 2 - Silver Moon (Reverie); 3 - Canzonetta del Mare (Sea Song); 4 - Cavalcata (Patrol).
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British composer Hubert Bath (1883-1945) studied composition with Frederick Corder at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Although he wrote light orchestral suites and stage music, he is remembered today for his 1930s movie scores, and in particular, for one of his last works, the 'Cornish Rhapsody' for piano and orchestra, which appeared in the 1944 film 'Love Story'. You can read much more about Bath's life and works here: http://bit.ly/WmOTDg .  This suite is much more than the sum of its parts, which I would probably not have recorded individually, as they are very short.  Together they give a slightly sentimental, but attractive view of a postcard Italy.  Each piece is preceded by a verse quotation, as follows:-

1 - Ships (Prelude):
"The stately ships sail past
By Calabrian shores;
Slow, majestically silent
O'er heaving seas." (source unknown)
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2 - Silver Moon (Reverie):
"The smiles of the serene and tranquil deep 
Tempt my unquiet mind."
(Moschos of Syracuse (3rd c. BC) translated by Shelley)
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3 - Canzonetta del Mare (Sea Song)
"Silver sails all out of the west"
(Tennyson, from 'Sweet and Low')
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4 - Cavalcata (Patrol):
"The troops pass"
(Source unknown)

My thumbnail shows part of a 17th century map of Calabria.
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