Lyr Req: Victorian songs required

Subject: Victorian songs required
From: ken by the bay
Date: 03 Oct 00 - 02:37 PM

My daughter Rachel is doing the victorians at school and she thinks it would be really cool to include some good victorian songs for her and the class. Anyone got any really good songs?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Llanfair
Date: 03 Oct 00 - 02:39 PM

"The Deserter" mentions Prince Albert, but you probably want Music Hall stuff.
Bron.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: MMario
Date: 03 Oct 00 - 02:43 PM

Most whaling shanties would fall into "victorian" - likewise all US civil war songs, as far as time period goes.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 03 Oct 00 - 03:02 PM

The term "Victorian" certainly covers a multitude of sins (literally, in many cases) so before suggesting anything I'll ask: Victorians where? UK? Empire? USA? What aspects? politics or day-to-day life? Would your daughter prefer dramatic or sentimental songs? Murder ballads or comic stage songs?  Remember that Gilbert & Sullivan and Stephen C. Foster belonged to the Victorian era, which lasted quite a long time.  It's a huge field.

Malcolm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Uncle Jaque
Date: 03 Oct 00 - 11:59 PM

I collect a lot of that sort of thing, from 1800 up through the turn of the 20th Century. Give me an idea of what you are looking for and your Daughter's musical ability (some of the old stuff was very sophisticated and ornate) and we'll see what we can come up with. Also, are you looking for something familiar or obscure? (Man, have we ever got obscure!) A really great source is the LEVY online collection if you've got the time to peruse it:
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/advancedsearch.html
Or: http://www.parlorsongs.com/parlorsongs.com/about.html
I may not get back to this thread, so drop me a PM or EM [e-mail] .
"Uncle Jaque", Yarmouth ME

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 02:29 AM

Almost anything by Cosmetheka - I say almost, because some of it is quite roood!

Also, some of the stuff from the Good Old Days era - ancient UK TV show - only a bird in a guilded cage, that sort of thing.

Faber & Faber publish a thing called the Great British Songbook, which regretably has no tunes in it, but most of the songs are learned by osmosis anyway. That has several good Victorian songs in, and some others you might not think were, but are.

Good luck!

LTS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: richardw
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 02:48 PM

There was an earlier thread on this topic. Try searching the threads.

Richard

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 03:14 PM

Ken
Joan Morris has done some wonderful recordings from this era. I think you can listen to a few at her website. I'll se if I can find the address. Good luck.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Wavestar
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 03:20 PM

There's a marvelous parloursong that I hope is on Jaques' site that is a musical redition of the poem "Excelsior!" It's hysterical if done well (or if not, but for other reasons...)

-J

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Victorian songs required
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 04 Oct 00 - 03:47 PM

I sing and am a great admirer (or vice versa) of "She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage." Published in 1900, so it's late Victorian. A good old tearjerker. It's in the DT.

Dave Oesterreich