Frederick Septimus Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly’s life joined music, sport, and the catastrophe of World War I. An Australian-born composer, pianist, and Olympic rower, he wrote piano music, chamber works, songs, and the elegy In Memoriam Rupert Brooke. His small body of music carries the atmosphere of early 20th-century British culture, wartime loss, and private lyricism.

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  A story of love and friendship in the music of World War I

  Frederick Septimus Kelly, a gifted Australian-born musician who spent much of his life in England, was among the...