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The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 poet Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irishman poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer....
, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major England Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest Lyric poetry in the English language....
. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park
Jenkinstown Park

Jenkinstown Park is park in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland. It is about north of the city of Kilkenny and south of Castlecomer off the N78 road....
 in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson
John Stevenson (composer)

Sir John Andrew Stevenson was an Irish composer of classical music. He is best known for his publications of Irish Melodies with poet Thomas Moore....
 set the poem to its widely-known melody, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34).

Friedrich von Flotow
Friedrich von Flotow

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera Martha , which was popular in the 19th century....
 uses the song in his opera "Martha
Martha (opera)

Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond is a 'romantic comic' opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow to a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese, based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges....
," premiered in 1847 in Vienna. It is a favorite air ("Letzte Rose") of the character Lady Harriet.






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The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 poet Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irishman poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer....
, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major England Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest Lyric poetry in the English language....
. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park
Jenkinstown Park

Jenkinstown Park is park in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland. It is about north of the city of Kilkenny and south of Castlecomer off the N78 road....
 in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson
John Stevenson (composer)

Sir John Andrew Stevenson was an Irish composer of classical music. He is best known for his publications of Irish Melodies with poet Thomas Moore....
 set the poem to its widely-known melody, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34).

Friedrich von Flotow
Friedrich von Flotow

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera Martha , which was popular in the 19th century....
 uses the song in his opera "Martha
Martha (opera)

Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond is a 'romantic comic' opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow to a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese, based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges....
," premiered in 1847 in Vienna. It is a favorite air ("Letzte Rose") of the character Lady Harriet. The interpolation works, and indeed the song helped popularize the opera. (According to the 1954 Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the opera grew from an 1844 ballet-pantomime, "Lady Henriette," for which Flotow wrote the music to Act One. Burgmuller and Deldevez wrote the rest of the music; "Lady Henriette" was produced in Paris.)

Clannad
Clannad

Clannad are a Grammy Award-winning Irish Musical ensemble, from Gweedore , County Donegal. Their music has been variously described as bordering on folk music and folk rock, Music of Ireland, Celtic music and New Age music....
 released a rendition of the song on their album Crann Úll
Crann Úll

Crann ?ll is the fifth album by Irish folk group Clannad released in 1980 in music. It is also the first Clannad album to feature Eithne N? Bhraon?in ....
. Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language....
 recorded the song for her album The Trees They Grow So High
The Trees They Grow So High

The Trees They Grow So High is the title of an album of folk songs sung by soprano Sarah Brightman with Geoffrey Parsons on piano.Released in 1988 on CD and LP on EMI ....
. It is sung in the musical group Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman

Celtic Woman is a musical ensemble comprising five Irish female artists: vocaliists Chlo? Agnew, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Alex Sharpe and fiddler M?ir?ad Nesbitt....
 by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha

M?av N? Mhaolchatha is an Ireland singer and recording artist specializing in the Irish music of her homeland. She was one of the original soloists in the musical ensemble Celtic Woman....
 and Hayley Westenra
Hayley Westenra

Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand soprano. Her first internationally released album, Pure , reached No 1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide....
, and was made popular in the twenty-first century in a recording by Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church

Charlotte Idris Church is a Wales singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a European classical music before branching into pop music in 2005....
 and the Irish Tenors
Irish Tenors

The Irish Tenors is the musical singing trio from Ireland started in 1998 by television producer, Bill Hughes, for a of PBS special The Irish Tenors....
. Also, Chloë Agnew
Chloë Agnew

Chlo? Agnew is an Irish language singer who has gained fame for her part in the Celtic music group Celtic Woman as the youngest member. She comes from Knocklyon, County Dublin, Ireland, where she resided with her mother Adele King and younger sister Naomi Agnew....
's solo version is recorded on her self-titled album and in the Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Celtic Woman: A New Journey

Celtic Woman: A New Journey is the second on-stage production by the group Celtic Woman. The show was filmed at Slane Castle in County Meath, Republic of Ireland and featured Hayley Westenra as a new addition to the group....
 tours, she sang duets with Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra, and the vocalist-guitarist of the same group, Lynn Hilary
Lynn Hilary

Lynn Hilary is a young vocalist, and is currently touring with Celtic Woman. She is also a guitarist and songwriter....
. Ní Mhaolchatha's solo version is also included in her Celtic Journey album.

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