Lord Byron Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems "Don Juan" and "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage": many of his shorter lyrics in "Hebrew Melodies" also became popular. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna and Pisa. During his stay
Deux poèmes de Lord Byron (Tailleferre) programme which also contained the version for two pianos of her "Concerto for two pianos, chorus, saxophone quartet and Orchestra". It has been suggested in Robert Shapiro's "Germaine Tailleferre: a Biblio-biography" (Greenwood Press 1994) that these settings were intended for a theatrical production, but no evidence has been found to prove this supposition. The texts by Byron are "In moments to delight devoted" subtitled "From the Portuguese: "Tu Mi Chamas" and "Remembrance" from Hours of Idleness. The work lasts about five minutes. Deux poèmes de Lord Byron (Tailleferre) "Deux poèmes de Lord Byron" (in English "Two Poems of Lord Byron")