Alexander Lee (1802-1851), Thomas Haynes Bayly (words): Come where the aspens quiver]; Koen van Stade (tenor), Neal Peres Da Costa (pianoforte); Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022
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This theatre song, with its chivalric evocations of troubadors and guitars, was first popularised by a star theatrical singer in 1820s London, Mrs (Harriet) Waylett. A decade later, in Sydney, the song was still being sung in concerts, as well as on the Sydney stage between the ...
See moreThis theatre song, with its chivalric evocations of troubadors and guitars, was first popularised by a star theatrical singer in 1820s London, Mrs (Harriet) Waylett. A decade later, in Sydney, the song was still being sung in concerts, as well as on the Sydney stage between the plays (usually two, sometimes three plays a night) by local professional vocalists. Words: Come where the Aspens quiver / Down by the flowing river / Bring your guitar, bring your guitar / Sing me the Songs I Love. / Sing me of Fame and Glory, / Sing of the poor Maid’s story, / When he true love must leave her, / Call’d to the Holy war. // Come to the wild rose bower, / Come at the vesper hour, / Bring your guitar, bring your guitar / Sing me the Songs I Love. / Sing of affection slighted, / Sing me of fond hope blighted, / Sing of the Dewy flower, / Sing of the Evening Star. See here for the original London sheet music edition: https://archive.org/details/hartley00535542/page/n105/mode/2up (DIGITISED)
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See moreThis theatre song, with its chivalric evocations of troubadors and guitars, was first popularised by a star theatrical singer in 1820s London, Mrs (Harriet) Waylett. A decade later, in Sydney, the song was still being sung in concerts, as well as on the Sydney stage between the plays (usually two, sometimes three plays a night) by local professional vocalists. Words: Come where the Aspens quiver / Down by the flowing river / Bring your guitar, bring your guitar / Sing me the Songs I Love. / Sing me of Fame and Glory, / Sing of the poor Maid’s story, / When he true love must leave her, / Call’d to the Holy war. // Come to the wild rose bower, / Come at the vesper hour, / Bring your guitar, bring your guitar / Sing me the Songs I Love. / Sing of affection slighted, / Sing me of fond hope blighted, / Sing of the Dewy flower, / Sing of the Evening Star. See here for the original London sheet music edition: https://archive.org/details/hartley00535542/page/n105/mode/2up (DIGITISED)
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2022-08-12Source title
Concert, ‘On the Plains of Emu’ - Settler Art Music in Early NSW, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, 27 February 2022.https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29315
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ARC DP210101511Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0Faculty/School
Sydney Conservatorium of MusicShare