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