Who, born in Gloucestershire, composed 'On Wedlock Edge' in 1909?
On Wenlock Edge (song cycle) On Wenlock Edge (song cycle) On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle composed in 1909 by Ralph Vaughan Williams for tenor, piano and string quartet. The cycle comprises settings of six poems from A. E. Housman's 1896 collection "A Shropshire Lad". A typical performance lasts around 22 minutes. It was premiered by Gervase Elwes, Frederick Kiddle and the Schwiller Quartet on 15 November 1909 in the Aeolian Hall, London. It was later orchestrated by the composer in a version first performed on 24 January, 1924. The cycle was recorded by Elwes, Kiddle and the London String Quartet in 1917. The
Edge, Gloucestershire Edge, Gloucestershire Edge is a village in the civil parish of Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. The village is situated in an area of the Cotswolds that falls within the Stroud District. For the purposes of local government, Edge is a constituent village of the Painswick civil parish, which also includes the neighbouring villages of Sheepscombe and Slad. The civil parish forms part of the district of Stroud and the county of Gloucestershire. For parliamentary purposes, Edge is within the UK constituency of Stroud and the European constituency of South West England. The village is served by the church of St John