styrienne

Updated: July 11, 2026

He has written little for the piano except a series of duets, of which the charming "Mélodie" and the fetching "Styrienne" are the best. It is by his orchestral works, however, that he gains the highest consideration.

Rupert Hughes - Contemporary American Composers: Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present: Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and: Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an: Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and: Compositions