Twilight (Elgar)
Twilight is a song with music by the English composer Edward Elgar written in 1910 as his Op. 59, No. 6.
Elgar set the words of the poem" The Twilight of Love", from Volume 2 of a series of poems called" Embers" by Sir Gilbert Parker.
The Opus 59 songs were part of a song- cycle of six romantic songs by Parker that was never completed – Nos 1, 2 and 4 were never composed.
The other songs were" Oh, soft was the song" and" Was it some Golden Star?".
The songs were originally written with piano accompaniment, but this was later re-scored by the composer for full orchestra.
The songs were composed between December 1909 and January 1910, and published by Novello's in 1910.
The first performance was by Muriel Foster at the Jaeger Memorial Concert in the Queen's Hall on 24 January 1910.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
January 26 (song)
" January 26" is a song by Australian hip hop duo A.B. Original featuring singer Dan Sultan and was released digitally on 19 August 2016, as the fifth and final single from A.B. Original's debut studio album" Reclam Australia".
January 26 is the date of Australia Day, held on the anniversary of the date that the First Fleet arrived in Australia.
In December 2016, the song was the feature of a Facebook event, which encouraged people to vote for the song in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.
The song was placed at number 6 on the countdown that took place on 26 January 2017.
The 2017 countdown was the last time the annual Triple J Hottest 100 countdown took place on 26 January due to opposition to Australia Day's celebratory commemoration of British settlement, which the song criticises.
At the National Indigenous Music Awards of 2017, the song won Song of the Year and Film Clip of the Year.
At the 2017 AIR independent Music Awards, the song won Best Independent single.
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.
Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the "Enigma Variations", the "Pomp and Circumstance Marches", concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies.
He also composed choral works, including "The Dream of Gerontius", chamber music and songs.
He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.
Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe.
He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially.
In musical circles dominated by academics, he was a self-taught composer; in Protestant Britain, his Roman Catholicism was regarded with suspicion in some quarters; and in the class-conscious society of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, he was acutely sensitive about his humble origins even after he achieved recognition.
He nevertheless married the daughter of a senior British army officer.
She inspired him both musically and socially, but he struggled to achieve success until his forties, when after a series of moderately successful works his "Enigma Variations" (1899) became immediately popular in Britain and overseas.
He followed the Variations with a choral work, "The Dream of Gerontius" (1900), based on a Roman Catholic text that caused some disquiet in the Anglican establishment in Britain, but it became, and has remained, a core repertory work in Britain and elsewhere.
His later full-length religious choral works were well received but have not entered the regular repertory.
In his fifties, Elgar composed a symphony and a violin concerto that were immensely successful.
His second symphony and his cello concerto did not gain immediate public popularity and took many years to achieve a regular place in the concert repertory of British orchestras.
Elgar's music came, in his later years, to be seen as appealing chiefly to British audiences.
His stock remained low for a generation after his death.
It began to revive significantly in the 1960s, helped by new recordings of his works.
Some of his works have, in recent years, been taken up again internationally, but the music continues to be played more in Britain than elsewhere.
Elgar has been described as the first composer to take the gramophone seriously.
Between 1914 and 1925, he conducted a series of acoustic recordings of his works.
The introduction of the moving-coil microphone in 1923 made far more accurate sound reproduction possible, and Elgar made new recordings of most of his major orchestral works and excerpts from "The Dream of Gerontius".
Tik Tok (song)
" Tik Tok"( stylized as" TiK ToK") is the debut single by American singer Kesha.
She co-wrote the song with its producers Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco.
It was released on August 7, 2009, as the lead single from Kesha's debut studio album," Animal".
The opening line of the song came from an experience where Kesha woke up surrounded by beautiful women, to which she imagined P. Diddy being in a similar scenario.
The experience prompted the writing of the song which she later brought to her producer, Dr. Luke, who was then contacted by P. Diddy in hopes of a collaboration; he came to the studio the same day and recorded his lines and the song was completed.
According to Kesha, the song's lyrics are representative of her and based on her life; the song has a carefree message and talks about not letting anything bring you down.
The song is an electropop/ dance- pop song incorporating a minimalist bitpop beat interspersed with handclaps and synths.
The song's verses use a rap/ sing vocal style while the chorus is sung; throughout the song the use of Auto- Tune is prominent.
Musically, the song has been compared to the works of Lady Gaga, Uffie, and Fergie.
The song achieved commercial success by topping the charts in eleven countries.
In the United States, the song broke the record for the biggest single- week sum of all time for a female artist selling 610,000 digital downloads in one week.
" Tik Tok" was certified 8 × platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America( RIAA) and has sold 6.8 million copies in the United States, topped the" Billboard"
Hot 100 chart for 9 consecutive weeks.
The song was the best- selling single worldwide in 2010, selling 12.8 million copies in that year alone, As of 2019, the song now has sold over 25 million copies, making it the third best- selling digital single worldwide.
The song was listed 56th on the" Billboard" Hot 100 Songs of All- time.
Was it some Golden Star?
Was it some Golden Star?
is a poem written by Gilbert Parker, published in Volume I of a series of poems called" Embers".
It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1910, as his Op. 59, No. 5.
The Opus 59 songs were part of a song- cycle of six romantic songs by Parker that was never completed – strangely Nos 1, 2 and 4 were never composed.
The other songs were" Oh, soft was the song" and" Twilight".
The songs were originally written with piano accompaniment, but this was later re-scored by the composer for full orchestra.
The songs were composed between December 1909 and January 1910, and published by Novello's in 1910.
The first performance was by Muriel Foster at the Jaeger Memorial Concert in the Queen's Hall on 24 January 1910.
Knock You Down
" Knock You Down" is a song by American singer and songwriter Keri Hilson, recorded for her debut album," In a Perfect World ...".
The song features guest vocals from Ne- Yo and Kanye West.
All three artists co-wrote the song with its producer Nate" Danja" Hills, as well as Kevin Cossom and Marcella Araica.
The song was released first released to rhythmic and urban airplay in the United States as the album's fourth single in the US, and it would later serve as the third worldwide single.
The song is a contemporary R&B and hip hop song, which includes elements of pop music.
The lyrics of the song pertain to how love" knocks you down."
Part of the song refers to Michael Jackson; coincidentally it was released at the time surrounding the death of the singer.
The song received generally mixed to positive reviews, with critics divided as to whether Ne- Yo and West overwhelmed Hilson's appearance.
However, reviewers also complimented that the song was radio- friendly.
It was nominated for multiple awards, including Best Rap/ Sung Collaboration at the 52nd Grammy Awards.
" Knock You Down" peaked at number one in New Zealand, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
It also reached the top ten in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The song's music video was directed by Chris Robinson.
It sees Hilson caught in a love triangle with her former partner West, and new- found love Ne- Yo.
The video received positive reviews, which appreciated the given performances given by the artists.
Hilson performed the song a number of times, including television appearances such as on" The Rachael Ray Show".
She also notably performed the song at the 2009 BET Awards, where she used the Jackson reference of the song to give a tribute performance to the late singer.
Oh, soft was the song
Oh, soft was the song is a song with words by Gilbert Parker set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1910, as his Op.
59,
No. 3.
It is the second and last verse of a poem "At Sea" which Parker published in Volume I of a series of poems called "Embers".
The Opus 59 songs were part of a song-cycle of six romantic songs by Parker that was never completed – Nos 1, 2 and 4 were never composed.
The other songs were "Was it some Golden Star?" and "Twilight".
The songs were originally written with piano accompaniment, but this was later re-scored by the composer for full orchestra.
The songs were composed between December 1909 and January 1910, and published by Novello's in 1910.
Elgar's friend Edward Speyer sent him as a Christmas present some music scores of Beethoven String Quartets, and when Elgar thanked Speyer he added to his letter a quotation from Beethoven's Op.59 No.3.
The first performance was by Muriel Foster at the Jaeger Memorial Concert in the Queen's Hall on 24 January 1910.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song)
" Girlfriend" is a song by Canadian singer- songwriter Avril Lavigne.
The song was written by Lavigne and producer Dr. Luke for Lavigne's third studio album," The Best Damn Thing"( 2007).
" Girlfriend" was released as the lead single from the album on 27 February 2007 by Columbia and RCA Records.
Lyrically, the song revolves around its protagonist having a crush on someone who is in a relationship, proclaiming she should be his girlfriend.
The song has been noted to have similarities to Toni Basil's 1982 single" Mickey", and The Rubinoos' 1979 single" I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend".
The songwriters of" I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" sued Lavigne and Dr. Luke for copyright infringement; the suit was later settled.
" Girlfriend" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its catchiness.
The song was a worldwide success, peaking at the top spot of the charts in eight countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
It additionally charted in the top ten of most other countries.
The song's accompanying music video, directed by The Malloys, sees Lavigne portraying three alter- egos, with all of them fighting over the same guy.
In June 2007, the song's official remix, featuring American rapper Lil Mama, was released.
Lavigne performed the song a number of times, including at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards, the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, and the 2008 Juno Awards.
The song's success made it a mainstay of pop music in the late 2000s.
" Girlfriend" was certified multi-platinum in Australia and the United States.
It was among the top- selling songs of 2007, with over 7.3 million worldwide sales.
In 2008, the song became the most viewed video on YouTube, and was the first video on the site to reach 100 million views.
" Rolling Stone" ranked the song number thirty- five on their list of" Top 100 Songs of 2007" list.
Several versions of the song were released with the chorus sung in multiple languages.
In 2010, the song was named the ninety- fourth most successful song on the Hot 100 in the 2000s decade.
Allmusic highlighted the song as one of the most significant punk- pop songs of all time.

Question: What is the date of birth of the composer of song Oh, Soft Was The Song?
Answer: 2 June 1857