Alfred Tennyson

Life

Born: 6 August 1809

Died: 6 October 1892

Biography:
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, including "In the valley of Cauteretz", "Break, break, break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, idle tears" and "Crossing the Bar".

Queen Victoria was an ardent admirer of Tennyson's work, and in 1884 created him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. Tennyson initially declined a baronetcy in 1865 and 1868, finally accepting a peerage in 1883 at Gladstone's earnest solicitation. He took his seat in the House of Lords on 11 March 1884.

Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, Ulysses, and Tithonus. During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success in his lifetime. He is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare.

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Settings of text by Alfred Tennyson

• Angel of the night (Huub de Lange)
• As a dove when up she springs (Huub de Lange)
• As thro' the land, Op. 68:1 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Ask me no more, Op. 68:9 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Be near me when my light is low (Huub de Lange)
• The bee (Frank Bridge)
• Break, break, break on thy cold grey stones, O sea (George Alexander Macfarren)
• The charge of the light brigade (Eduard Hecht)
• Crossing the bar (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
• Crossing the bar (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Crossing the bar (Herbert Hall Woodward)
• Crossing the bar (Joseph Barnby)
• God and the Universe (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Home they brought her warrior dead (Joseph Barnby)
• Home they brought her warrior dead, Op. 68:7 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• I should not feel it to be strange (Huub de Lange)
• The lotos eaters (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
• A moonlit elegy (Huub de Lange)
• Now sleeps the crimson petal (Mark Chapman)
• Now sleeps the crimson petal (Roger Quilter)
• O swallow, swallow (Gustav Holst)
• O Swallow, Swallow, Op. 68:5 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Our enemies have fall'n, Op. 68:8 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Peace; come away (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• The poet's song (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
• Ring out, wild bells (Percy Eastman Fletcher)
• The splendour falls on castle walls (George Alexander Macfarren)
• The splendour falls on castle walls, Op. 68:3 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Sweet and low (Joseph Barnby)
• Sweet and low, Op. 68:2 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• Tears, idle tears, Op. 68:4 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• 4 Tennyson Elegies (Huub de Lange)
• There is sweet music Op. 53, No. 1 (Edward Elgar)
• There rolls the deep (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
• Thy voice is heard, Op. 68:6 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
• To sail beyond the sunset (Kathryn Rose)
• When cats run home (Herbert Brewer)

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