I must admit that I only became familiar with this song writer/actor this year. I actually watched a video last week of his funeral and a video on his life.
I wonder why Ivor never sang. He always spoke or introduced his songs and others sang them. I expect composers cant always do their songs justice. Lovely clear voices. Thanks.
A wonderful find, thank you. But I think an error has crept into the attribution of the lyrics of The Land of Might-Have-Been. I believe they were not written by Edward Moore, but by the great 'Eddie' Marsh [Sir Edward Marsh], friend and patron of the First War poets, founder and editor of Georgian Poetry and Literary Executor of Rupert Brooke. I recommend the award-winning biography of this remarkable scholar by Christopher Hassall, Novello's long-term collaborator.
He was "Literally" a "Homosexual". He was actually a Flaming Gay man, and was good friends with Noel Coward. He had a life long male partner, but the name escapes me at the moment.
@@ryfojuan7114 He was openly Gay, but "dating" or simply "going out" with a girl as "friends" is possible I guess. There is nothing in his bio that indicates that he ever had a relationship with a female. He lead a glamorous social life.
@@ryfojuan7114 Not in middle class society. . . especially in America, but within the upper classes and within the entertainment industry throughout Europe, it was accepted, but simply not judged, or spoken about. Gay people back then (within the "cafe society" ), were not uncommon. Society back then was rather 2 faced and hypocritical Oscar Wilde was jailed, but only because the aristocratic father of Wilde's lover pressed charges for "Corruption of young boys" If you research the topic, you will see that many very famous people during that time were openly Gay. . . although some of them DID get married, and lived a double life. . . I don't believe that Ivor Novello did.
OMG! Could he write beautiful melodies!! Wonderful.
I must admit that I only became familiar with this song writer/actor this year. I actually watched a video last week of his funeral and a video on his life.
The crisp clear sound makes the decades roll back
Marvellous
A lovely collection. Thank you for uploading it, Peter.
+duettists Many thanks for your appreciation, Jean. With your musical knowledge and background, if you enjoy it, I know the music must be good :-)
Excellent
I wonder why Ivor never sang. He always spoke or introduced his songs and others sang them. I expect composers cant always do their songs justice. Lovely clear voices. Thanks.
Ivor Novello was an excellent boy soprano. Sadly, when his voice broke, he no longer had a good singing voice.
Are you kidding? He acted and sang in ALL his musicals. He was playing in King's Rhapsody at the age of 58 the night he died of a heart attack.
@@susanp.collins7834 He acted in the musicals but he didn't sing in them.
HIS MUSIC IS WONDERFUL, THEY SHOULD MAKE A FANTASTIC FILM MUSICAL ABOUT HIS LIFE , IT WOULD BE SUPERRB .! 8:20
I seem to recall my father was friends with Edgar Domes & I think I have letters they exchanged (EE's letters, not my father's).
What a pleasure to listen to this. I wonder if this is Olive Groves who was married to Baritone George Baker? She later became a professor at the RAM.
Yes, Olive Groves became George Baker's second wife in 1935 or 1936.
A wonderful find, thank you. But I think an error has crept into the attribution of the lyrics of The Land of Might-Have-Been. I believe they were not written by Edward Moore, but by the great 'Eddie' Marsh [Sir Edward Marsh], friend and patron of the First War poets, founder and editor of Georgian Poetry and Literary Executor of Rupert Brooke. I recommend the award-winning biography of this remarkable scholar by Christopher Hassall, Novello's long-term collaborator.
I think that Edward Moore might be a nom-de-plume of Edward Marsh.
do you know where you got the magazine interview from at 1:13 ?
The man introducing the song, is that Ivor's voice?
Yes, it is Ivor
he was so handsome
so is he literally a homosexual or has he dated a girl?
He was "Literally" a "Homosexual".
He was actually a Flaming Gay man, and was good friends with Noel Coward.
He had a life long male partner, but the name escapes me at the moment.
@@TheDulcifer so he was never dated a girl or have a love relationship with girl
@@ryfojuan7114
He was openly Gay, but "dating" or simply "going out" with a girl as "friends" is possible I guess.
There is nothing in his bio that indicates that he ever had a relationship with a female.
He lead a glamorous social life.
@@TheDulcifer oh but in early 1900s gay person was not well accepted like nowadays
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Not in middle class society. . . especially in America, but within the upper classes and within the entertainment industry throughout Europe, it was accepted, but simply not judged, or spoken about.
Gay people back then (within the "cafe society" ), were not uncommon.
Society back then was rather 2 faced and hypocritical
Oscar Wilde was jailed, but only because the aristocratic father of Wilde's lover pressed charges for "Corruption of young boys"
If you research the topic, you will see that many very famous people during that time were openly Gay. . . although some of them DID get married, and lived a double life. . . I don't believe that Ivor Novello did.