Parlour Song Book [first edition]

This volume contains 71 songs for voice & piano running from the sublime to the ridiculous & represent all the important types of song: *Sentimental *Descriptive *Pathetic & proselytizing *Dominant themes & preoccupations of the time *Love, death, childhood, home patriotism, social & oral improvement *From the principal contemporary sources: opera, ballad concerts, family troupes, the minstrels & the musical hall The editor provides witty & knowledgeable commentary on the composers, lyricists, & sources then in vogue.