Eric Thirkell Cooper (1886–1960) was a British soldier and war poet during World War I.
Cooper was born in 1886 in Beckenham, Kent. He served with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), reaching the rank of Major. He published two collections of poems: Soliloquies of a Subaltern Somewhere in France (1915)[1] and Tommies of the Line, and Other Poems (1918).[2][3]
In 1916, the English composer John Ireland (1879–1962) published settings of three poems from Soliloquies of a Subaltern for voice and piano: "Blind" and "The Cost" in a set called Two Songs; and, separately, "Lines to a Garrison Churchyard", under the title "A Garrison Churchyard".[4][5] In the same year, the English composer Cyril Scott (1879–1970) also published a setting of that last poem, under the title "Garrison Churchyard".[6]
References
edit- ^ Cooper, Eric Thirkell (1915). Soliloquies of a Subaltern Somewhere in France. London: Burns & Oates Ltd. Retrieved 30 April 2015 – via archive.org.
- ^ Cooper, Eric Thirkell (1918). Tommies of the Line, and Other Poems. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. ASIN B000WUJNVU.
- ^ "Major Eric Thirkell Cooper". 18 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "List of works – G to I". The John Ireland Trust. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "A churchyard by a roadside bend". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Music: Cyril Scott". cyrilscott.net. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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