What is Ernest Moeran?
'''Ernest Moeran''' (born [[Heston]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]], 31 December 1894; died 1 December 1950) was an [[England|English]] composer. ==Early life== Moeran (pronounce: “MORE-an”) was born in [[Heston]], to the west of [[London]]. His father was an [[Ireland|Irish]] clergyman. Ernest spent most of his childhood living on the coast of [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]]. He learned to play the [[violin]] and the [[piano]]. At first he was taught at home by a [[governess]]. When he was ten he went to school. In 1908, he went to [[Uppingham School]] where he spent five years. When he left school in 1913 he started to study piano and [[Composition (music)|composition]] at the [[Royal College of Music]] with [[Charles Villiers Stanford]]. ==War service== Moeran’s studies at the Royal College of Music were interrupted after 18 months because of the start of [[World War I]]. He joined the [[army]] as a [[despatch rider]] but he was soon badly injured in the head and could no longer fight in the army. After the war he did some music teaching, but then he started to study music again. His teacher this time was [[John Ireland]] who had been a pupil of Moeran’s earlier teacher Stanford. ==Composing music== After these studies his music started to be performed a lot. His ''First Rhapsody'' for [[orchestra]] was performed several times, including in 1924 by the [[Hallé Orchestra]] conducted by [[Hamilton Harty]]. He was asked to compose a [[symphony]] for the Hallé Orchestra, but he preferred to write shorter pieces, especially [[chamber music]] and piano music. In 1931 he wrote a ''String Trio'' which is one of his best works. Moeran became interested in folk music. He liked to go to country [[pub]]s and listen to the people singing there. He collected about 150 folk songs in Norfolk and Suffolk and made many arrangements of them. By the mid-1920s, Moeran had become close friends with [[Peter Warlock]]. They lived together and often went out drinking together. Moeran gradually became an [[alc