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'''”XTC”''XTC''''' ("''Ecstasy"'') isè auna songcanzone withcon wordsparole ande musicmusica writtenscritta bydal thecompositore English composeringlese [[Edward Elgar]] innel 1930. ItÈ wasstata hisla lastsua song,ultima andcanzone writtene forla thescrisse per il soprano [[Joan Elwes]].<ref>Martin Bird, ''Elgar Society Journal'', December 2016, Vol.19, No.6</ref>
==Storia==
Elgar'sGli sketchesschizzi fordi theElgar accompanyingper musicla weremusica writtendi separatelyaccompagnamento fromfurono thescritti words.separatamente dalle At the endparole. ofAlla thefine sketchesdegli heschizzi wrotescrisse ''"Fine del songs November 11th 1930"''.
La canzone fu assemblata dal pianista-musicologo David Owen Norris<ref>{{Cita web|url=http://www.davidowennorris.com/|titolo=Welcome - davidowennorris.comdavidowennorris.com {{!}} Pianist, Composer, Broadcaster (pictured playing the Duke of Wellington's piano in the Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House)|lingua=en|accesso=2020-04-21}}</ref> dagli schizzi che trovò nella casa natale del compositore.
The song was pieced together by the pianist-musicologist [[David Owen Norris]]<ref>[http://www.davidowennorris.com/ David Owen Norris website]</ref> from sketches he found at the composer's birthplace.
TheLa firstprima performanceesecuzione wasè onavvenuta thenel 150th150º anniversaryanniversario ofdella thenascita composer'sdel birthcompositore, il 2 Junegiugno 2007, at thealla [[Royal Academy of Music]] indi London[[Londra]], sungcantata bydal soprano Amanda Pitt, accompaniedaccompagnata byda David Owen Norris.
==Versi==
::::'''''XTC'''''<ref>Lyrics from the booklet supplied with the CD recording 'Songs & Piano Music by Edward Elgar'</ref>
:I gave my heart unto my love
:As we passed across the dark, mysterious forest ''rast''<ref>''rast'' wasera auna wordparola coinedconiata byda Elgar. David Owen Norris suggestssuggerisce thatche thisquesta isderivi deriveddal from the Latinlatino ''rastrum'' (rake[[rastrello]]) ande meaningsignifica 'a"una clearing'falciatura".</ref>
:The daylight faded and above
:Ah! the sunset flam-ed down to gild the past.
==Collegamenti esterni==
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* [<ref>{{Cita news|lingua=en|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/12/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/6708379.stm</ref> BBC News: |titolo=A first hearing for Elgar's last] |data=2007-05-31|accesso=2020-04-21}}
*[<ref> {{Cita web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20070606/ai_n19202892</ref>?noadc=1|titolo=FindArticles.com {{!}} CBSi|sito=findarticles.com|accesso=2020-04-21|serie=The Independent: Elgar 150th birthday celebrations]}}
*[<ref>http {{Cita web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/music/news/2007_06_22.shtml</ref> University of Southampton, Music: |titolo=Three Elgar Premieres on his 150th Birthday]|editore=University of Southampton|accesso=2020-04-21}}
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