This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: The Song Folio: standard vocal music with accompaniment for piano or organ by favorite composers.
Publisher: Thos. Hunter
Copyright: 1883
Google Books has an online copy of The Song Folio.
Contents:
- Roeckel – A Bird in Hand
- Marzials – A Summer Shower
- Pinsuti – As You Like It
- Wellings – At the Ferry
- “Scotch” – Auld Lang Syne
- Gounod – Ave Maria
- Adams – A Warrior Bold
- Wellings – Banbury Cross
- Sullivan – Birds in the Night
- Roeckel – Bride Bells
- Benedict – By the Sad Sea Waves
- Gabriel – Cleansing Fires
- Molloy – Darby and Joan
- Scott – Douglass
- Levey – Esmerelda
- Diehl – Fairly Caught
- Lindsay – Far Away
- Claribel – Five O’Clock in the Morning
- Tosti – Forever and forever
- Ganz – Forget Me Not
- Audran – Gobble Song
- Sullivan – Golden Days
- Hatton – Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye
- Abt – He Giveth His Beloved Sleep
- Bishop – Home, Sweet Home
- Claribel – I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
- Balfe – I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
- Pinsuti – I Fear No Foe
- Pinsuti – If
- Pinsuti – In the Golden Eventide
- Harrison – In the Gloaming
- Cowen – It Was a Dream
- Dufferin – Katey’s Letter
- Sullivan – Let Me Dream Again
- Gatty – Lights Far Out at Sea
- Sullivan – Little Maid of Arcadee
- Molloy – London Bridge
- Sullivan – Looking Back
- Molloy – Mistress Prue
- Blumenthal – My Queen
- Adams – Nancy Lee
- Wakefield – No, Sir!
- Gatty – O Fair Dove! O Fond Dove!
- Molloy – Oh, How Delightful!
- Claribel – Oh, Mother! Take the Wheel Away
- Tovey – Old Timber Toes
- Tours – Only Come
- Gatty – On the Rocks by Aberdeen
- Campana – Our Crew
- Wellings – Primrose Farm
- Roeckel – Prince Charming
- Molloy – Punchinello
- “Scotch” – Robin Adair
- Ganz – Sing, Sweet Bird
- Wellings – Some Day
- Sullivan – Sometimes
- Stark – Stranded
- Claribel – Strangers Yet
- Sullivan – Sweethearts
- Cowen – Sweet Love of Mine
- Claribel – Take Back the Heart
- Roeckel – That Traitor Love
- Pinsuti – The Arrow and the Song
- Molloy – The Baby and the Fly
- Blumenthal – The Bend in the River
- Adams – The Blue Alsatian Mountains
- Carew – The Bridge
- Lindsay – The Bridge
- Blumenthal – The Broken Flower
- Dolores – The Brook
- Molloy – The Clang of the Wooden Shoon
- Sainton-Dolby – The Cottage on the Moorland
- Aïde – The Danube River
- Balfe – The Day is Done
- Molloy – The Dustman
- Marzials – The Fairy Jane
- Taubert – The Farmer and the Pigeons
- Molloy – The First Letter
- Gatty – The Golden Shore
- Roeckel – The Hour of Rest
- Molloy – The Kerry Dance
- Watson – The King’s Champion
- Molloy – The King’s Highway
- Flotow – The Last Rose of Summer
- Roeckel – The Longest Way Round
- Sullivan – The Lost Chord
- Guglielmo – The Lover and the Bird
- Allen – The Maid of Athens
- Adams – The Midshipmite
- Faure – The Palms
- Adams – The Tar’s Farewell
- Marzials – The Three Sailor Boys
- Audran – The Torpedo and The Whale
- Gatty – The Trysting Tree
- Barri – The Unforgotten Song
- Diehl – The Water Mill
- Dolby – The Way Thro’ the Wood
- Balfe – Then You’ll Remember Me
- Lindsay – Tired
- Thomas – ‘Tis But a Little Faded Flower
- Wellings – Turnham Toll
- Marzials – Twickenham Ferry
- Campana – Twilight Time
- Molloy – Two Little Lives
- Roeckel – Two’s Company, Three’s None
- Roeckel – Unforgotten Days
- Pinsuti – Unrequited
- Blumenthal – Waiting
- Gabriel – Weary
- Claribel – We’d Better Bide a Wee
- Pinsuti – Weclome, Pretty Primrose
- Roeckel – What a Little Bird Said
- Pinsuti – When the Swallow Comes
- Sullivan – Will He Come?
- Claribel – Won’t You Tell Me Why, Robin?
- Wakefield – Yes, Sir!
Notes:
This is another volume that was focused on the home audience of the late 19th century. The typography for the music is dated, but clear.
Much of the content is ephemeral, though there are some notable gems from the period, including some which have fallen out of favor despite their quality. There are a number of songs by the popular composers Tosti, Pinsuti, Marzials and Arthur Sullivan. Notable pieces in this collection include Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord”, Pinsuti’s “Welcome, Pretty Primrose”, and J. Faure’s “The Palms”. (The latter of which is available elswhere on this site, in better editions, as Les Rameaux.)
I will probably not post individual songs from this collection, but if you feel one deserves more attention, please let me know via the contact page.
