Charles Dickens and Music eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 152 pages of information about Charles Dickens and Music.

Charles Dickens and Music eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 152 pages of information about Charles Dickens and Music.

AS YOU LIKE IT; or LITTLE DORRIT’S POLKA.  By W.H.  Montgomery.

LITTLE DORRIT’S VIGIL.  By the composer of LITTLE NELL.

LITTLE DORRIT’S SCHOTTISCHE.  Composed by W.M.  Parker.

LITTLE DORRIT SERENADE.  By Clementine Ward.

‘MY DEAR OLD HOME.’  Ballad.  Written by J.E.  Carpenter.  Composed by John Blockley.

WHO PASSES BY THIS ROAD SO LATE?  Blandois’ song from Little
Dorrit
.  Words by Charles Dickens.  Music by H.R.S.  Dalton
(This song was suggested to Dickens by the French song entitled
‘Le Chevalier du guet.’)

FLOATING AWAY BALLAD.  Written by J.E.  Carpenter.  Music by John Blockley.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND; or THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS.  Song. 
Written by W.S.  Passmore.  Composed by John Blockley.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND QUADRILLES.  By E.  Frewin.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND VARSOVIANA.  By W.H.  Montgomery.

THE TWO CITIES QUADRILLES.  By W.H.  Montgomery.

TOM TIDDLER’S POLKA.  Composed by W.  Wilson.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS.  Ballad.

Coote’s Lancers, ‘SOMEBODY’S LUGGAGE.’

MRS. LIRRIPER’S QUADRILLE.  Written by Adrian Victor.

JENNY WREN (THE DOLL’S DRESSMAKER).  Song.  Words by Edward
Oxenford
.  Music by Alfred J. Caldicott.

JENNY WREN QUADRILLES.  Arranged by Rosabel.

MUGBY JUNCTION GALOP.  By Charles Coote, jun.

NO THOROUGHFARE GALOP.  Composed by Charles Coote, jun.

[From an edition:]

PRINTED BY THE

‘SOUTHAMPTON TIMES’ CO., LTD.,

70 ABOVE BAR, SOUTHAMPTON

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

The musical extracts are marked [Figure 1]-[Figure 8]. 
These are available as MIDI files. 
Italic text is marked thus with underscores.

Alterations: 

Page 10 “and can’t play ‘out to-night,’”
          Hyphen not inked in original.

Page 25 “and tuned like fifty stomach-aches.” 
          Corrected typo:  “tuned liked”

Page 40 “which had no recognizable tune”
          Corrected typo:  “recognizable time”

Page 89 “given to the young red-haired boy”
          Corrected typo:  “young red-haired boots”

Page 93 “penn’orths”
Page 104 “hunting field,”
          Letter ‘t’ not inked in original.

Page 115 “His musical powers made him useful at the club-room”
          Hyphen at line-end:  could be “clubroom”.

Page 116 “‘as of a gallant and eminent naval Hero,’”
          Closing quote missing in original.

Page 146 “(O.C.S. 27)”
          Corrected typo:  “D.C.S.

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