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The Last Rose Of Summer by Méav

Artist Biography For Méav

Méav Ní Mhaolchatha Is A Singer Of Traditional Irish Music. Méav Was Born In Dublin Ireland. She Attended Trinity College In Dublin. Méav Is One Of The Soloists In The Celtic Woman Show And Had To Take A Short Break From Touring For The Birth Of Her First Child. Her International Performances Include Membership As A Principal Soloist With The World Renowned Irish Chamber Choir Anúna From 1994 To 1998 Touring The United States As A Soloist With The RTÉ Concert Orchestra Touring South Africa With Lord Of The Dance And Concerts In Japan And Korea.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Last Rose Of Summer

The Last Rose Of Summer Is A Poem By Irish Poet Thomas Moore Who Was A Friend Of Byron And Shelley. Moore Wrote It In 1805 While At Jenkinstown Park In County Kilkenny Ireland. Sir John Stevenson 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 Uses The Song In His Opera "Martha " 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. Sarah Brightman Recorded The Song For Her Album The Trees They Grow So High. It Is Sung In The Musical Group Celtic Woman By Méav Ní Mhaolchatha And Hayley Westenra And Was Made Popular In The Twenty-First Century In A Recording By Charlotte Church And The Irish Tenors.

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