"Heart songs" -- Class VII: "Songs of the great masters in operas, operettas, oratorios, etc." (Classified Index)

Speranza

The entry for "Parlour Music" in Wikipedia --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlour_music --

 

interestingly reads:

 

"In addition to dissemination as individual pieces of sheet music,

parlour songs were also collected into anthologies and sold in

this format. The most notable collection was Heart Songs,

first published in 1909 by Chapple Publishing Company of

Boston and repeatedly revised and republished for the

following several decades. The publisher claimed

that this selection of songs ... was selected from entries

submitted by 25,000 people."

 There is a classified Index

 

Class VIII (p. 517)

 

"Songs of the great masters in

operas, operettas,

oratorios,

etc." -


A
-- "Ah, I have sighted to rest me, deep in the quiet grave". From Verdi's "Il Trovatore". English lyrics by C. Jefferys.
-- "Ah, so pure, ah, so bright". From Flotow's "Martha"
-- "Adieu! 'This love's last greeting". Schubert
-- Angels Ever Bright and Fair -- Handel -- Larghetto
B
-- "Because You're You". Lyrics by Henry Blossom, music by Victor Herbert. First line: "Love is a queer little elfin sprite" (Copyright, 1904, by M. Witmark & Sons. Used by kind permission of the Publishers)
-- "Birds in the Night that softly call". Lyrics by Lionel H. Lewin, music by Arthur S. Sullivan
-- Bridal Chorus. From Wagner's "Lohengrin". First line: "Guided by us, thrice happy pair"
"Buy a Broom". First line: "From Teutschland I come with my light wares all laden".
C
-- Castanets are Sounding -- Spanish "La cachuca": First line: "Come, o come, castanets are gaily sounding"
-- Cooper's Song  -- From Von Suppe's "Boccac[c]io". First line: "From day to day my wife doth scold, it is my fate"
-- Cradle's Song -- C. M. von Weber. First line: Slep, my heart's darling, in slumber repose"
D
-- "Dost Thou Love me, Sister Ruth". From Haydn's "Surprise Symphony". Adapted by John Parry.
-- Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes. Lyrics by Ben Jonson, music by W. A. Mozart
E
-- Emmet's Lullaby. Words and music by J. K. Emmett. Refrain and title: "Go to sleep, Lena Darling". First line: "Close your eyes, Lena, my darling"
-- "(The) Enchanted Isle". From Verdi's "Ernani". First line: "The morn is faour, our hearts are light"
-- "(To the) Evening Star. First line: "O thou sublime sweet evening star". From Wagner's "Tannhauser"
F
-- "Fading, Still Fading, the last beam is shining" -- Portuguese Melody
-- "Farewell, My Own, light of my life farewell". From Sullivan's "Pinafore", lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
"(The) Flowers that Bloom in the Spring". From Sullivan's "Mikado". Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert.
H
-- "Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances". Lyric by Walter Scott, music by James Sanderson
-- "(The) Heart Bowed Down by weight of woe". W. M. Balfe
-- "Home to our Mountains, let us return, love". From Verdi's "Il Trovatore". English lyric by C. Jefferys.
I

-- "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls". From Balfe's "Bohemian Girl"
-- "I Would That My Love could silently flow in a single word". Lyric from the German of H. Heine, music by Felix Mendelssohn
L
-- "'(Tis the) Last Rose of Summer, left blooming alone". -- English Air -- Mendelssohn
-- Lullaby from Jakobowski's "Erminie". First line: Dar mother, in dreams I see her"
-- "Lutzow's Wild Hunt" -- Weber. First line: "From yonder dark forest what horsemen advance?"
M
-- "Make Me No Gaudy Chaplet, weave it of simple flowers". From Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia"
-- Mariner, The -- Old Ballad. First line: "Soft blew the air, and smooth flow'd the tide"

N
-- "No, Never, No" -- Old Ballad. Written from memory by Edna Dean Proctor. First line: "They sat by the fireside, his fair daughters three"

O

-- "O Ye Tears, o ye tears, that have long refus'd to flow" -- Abt
-- "Oft in the Stilly Night, ere slumber's chain has bounded me". Thomas Moore
-- "Out on the Deep, when the sun is low". Lyric by Samuel K. Cowan, music by Frederic N. Lohr

P

-- Pirates' Chorus -- Balfe. First line: "Ever be happy and light as thou art, pride of the pirate's heart"

R

-- "Robin Adair" -- Scotch. First line: What's this dull town to me? Robin's not near"
S
-- "Santa Lucia". Italian -- Neapolitan boat song"
-- "See at Your Feet a suppliant one". From Balfe's "Bohemian Girl"
-- "Solder's Farewell" (for MALE VOICES) -- Johanna Kinkel. First line: How can i bear to leave thee"
-- Sing, smile, slumber ("Canti, ridi, dormi"). First line: When at twilight so softly thy voice breaks into song"  Charles Gounod
-- "Sleep, Beloved, Sleep, round thee watch we keep" -- W. Taubert
-- Song of the Flower. (First line: "A fowler bold in me you see"). From Mozart's "Magic Flute"
-- "Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer". First line of verse: "Oh! Thou, to whom this heart ne'er yet turned in anguish or regret". From "Naiad Queen". Lyric by Lurline -- music by Wm. Vincent Wallace
T
-- "[Calm the] Tempest of [in] the Heart". First line: "Her birhgt eyes whose radiant gleaming". First line in Italian: "Il baleno del suo sorriso". From Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
-- "(Then)You'll Remember Me". First line: "When other lips and other hearts their tales of love shall tell" --  Lyrics by Webb, music by M. W. Balfe
-- "Those Evening Bells, those evening bells, how many a tale their music tells". Lyric by Thomas Moore, attributed to Beethoven
-- "'Tis Midnight Hour, the moon shines bright" -- ANON.
-- "Toyland, toyland, little girl and boy land". First line of verse: "When you've grown up, my dears, and are as old as I". Lyric by Glen MacDonough, music by Victor Herbert
(Copyright, 1903, by M. Witmark & Sons." Included by kind permission of the publishers)
W

-- "When The Swallows Homeward Fly" -- Franz Abt
-- "When to Thy Vision life appears sweetly smiling". From Gounod's "Faust"
-- "Who is Sylvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her?" Lyrics by Shakespeare, music by Schubert

Y

-- "You Never Miss the Water" ("Till the well runs dry")--  First line of refrain: "Waste not, want not, is the maxim I would tech. First line of verse: When a child, I lived at Lincoln with my parents at the farm". Lyric by Harry Linn, music by R. Howard