In the Mountain Country

Composer: MOERAN, Ernest John
  • In the Mountain Country is an “orchestral impression” which was first performed in 1921.1
  • Moeran composed this piece while still a student at the Royal College of Music.2
  • This is one of Moeran’s few surviving early works. Harshly self-critical, he destroyed many compositions that he felt weren’t good enough.3

Sources

  1. Andrew Clements, “Moeran: In the Mountain Country; Rhapsodies, etc – review,” The Guardian (January 2, 2014), accessed November 19, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/02/moeran-mountain-country-rhapsodies-review. 
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ian Maxwell, “Moeran, E(rnest) J(ohn) S(meed),” Grove Music Online (January 20, 2001), accessed November 19, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000048243. 

Cut IDs

48485