Songs chiefly for 1-4 voices and piano; some for piano alone, some for fiddle, one for cornet and piano. Historical and editorial notes on pages ix-xiv. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180).
Contents:
An overture to a stage production. Overture to The frozen deep (piano) / Francesco Berger. Six pieces inspired by Collins. No thoroughfare galop (piano) / Charles Coote, Jr. The woman in white / Charles W. Glover -- The woman in white / Walter Burnot -- The Fosco galop (cornet, piano) / G. Richardson -- No name waltz (piano) / "The Veiled Lady" -- No thoroughfare galop (piano) / Charles Coote, Jr. Twenty pieces cited by Collins. The nervous man / Jonathan Blewitt. Begone, dull care (two voices, piano) / traditional English -- Drops of brandy (fiddle) / traditional Irish -- The toast be, dear woman / George H. B. Rodwell -- Love's ritornella / Thomas S. Cooke -- The girl I left behind me / traditional English/Irish -- The lass o' Gowrie / traditional Scottish -- Loch Erroch side / Neil Gow (?) -- My Mary Ann / M. Tyte -- Bobbin' around / William J. Florence -- Old dog Tray / Stephen Collins Foster -- Tom Bowling / Charles Dibdin -- The last words of Marmion / John Clarke-Whitfield -- The battle of the Baltic / Frances Arkwright -- The battle of the Baltic (TrATB, piano) / Clara Angela Macirone -- The bay of Biscay / John Davy -- Nelson / John Braham -- The mistletoe bough / Henry Rowley Bishop -- Poor Mary Anne (SSAB, piano) / traditional Welsh -- Eveleen's bower / traditional Irish -- Alice Gray / Virtue Millard -- We're gaily yet / traditional Scottish -- The nervous man / Jonathan Blewitt.
Summary:
"A Wilkie Collins Songbook consists of twenty-seven "everyday pieces" (three of them in two different versions each) that either appear in the novels and short stories of the Victorian author Wilkie Collins (1824-89) or were inspired by them. There is an overture for a stage production on which Collins collaborated with Charles Dickens; a number of pieces that reflect the popularity of The Woman in White (1860), which rocketed Collins to superstardom; and, forming the heart of the anthology, twenty ballads, patriotic songs, and traditional tunes that would have been well known to Collins's English (and American) readers. Among the twenty-two composers represented are: Francesco Berger (a regular at Dickens's Sunday-evening card games); the prolific Walter Burnot, whose business card read "Songs Written While You Wait"; Charles Dibdin, and John Davy, as well as four women: Frances Arkwright, Clara Angela Macirone, Virtue Millard, and the mysterious American called "The Veiled Lady." In all, the songbook provides an informative and entertaining romp through the everyday music of "Wilkie's World."" -- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, 0193-5364 ; 88 Recent researches in Music Online
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