Evening star., 1928-06-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TR4CEWELL.

perhaps not as great as It seemed when
1t first flashed on the musical horizon
from the magic throat of the popular
singer.
"Roses of Picardy," a song which won
fame during the World War, is pleas
ing thing in strictly popular vein
What makes 1t stand out is the fact
that, musically speaking, 1t may be
played slowly with an increase of mu-
sical tenseness. A song that can be
treated in this manner is good song
Nothing but good tune will stand it.
Rimsky-Korsakoff, the Russian, has a
song, THE Nightingale and the Rose, y
and the late Reginald de Koven, we
believe, had a song of similar title in
one of his lesser known operas.
Certainly one of the most famous of
the rose songs is Ethelbert Nevin's
Mighty LAX Rose" Here one has
appropriate melody welded forever to
appropriate verse. The result is COM
position that perennially charms the
world.
The same composer, whose untimely
death was one of the Saddest blows ever
sustained by musical America, has an
other composition with flower name,
"Narcissus," but this, like Iris" is
named rather after the NEUROLOGICAL
figure than the flower directly. The
musical pattern. with its two notes in
the melody followed by the echoing
notes in the lower register, depicts the
answering of the youths reflection in
the water to his own movements.
We almost forgot to put in Edward
MacDowells ITO a Wild Rose" This.
one of the best of the rose melodies. is
col tN ho3 hU ion
poser and rescued from the waste
basket by his wife
Another of this composers pieces in
the same suite is ITO Water Lily
good. but lacking the melodic gift of
the wild rose offering.
VioietS are recalled in the intensely
popular composition of some 20 or Is
years ago, Every Morn / Bring Thee
Violets." At that time all the swains
who could sing, or who thought they
could sing. we're yowling in tenoriSh
tones how often they were bringing her
violets. They still bring them, of course.
as it is just as good a song now as 1t
was then.
Still another rose song springs to
mind-Schubert's immortal "Haiden-
roslein" hedge Roses. Another war
time song one must not forget Is the
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mandy" still welcome to the ear
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Famous flower songs" are contained
In Bizet's Carmen" and Gounod'S S
Faust" Otto Lange also has well
known flower song" popular with man
dolin students.
Tschaikowsky has a pleasing Waltz
of the Flowers in his "Nutcracker
Suite" while Hearts and Flowers" by
Tobani, still weaves its spell, despite
being played to pieces In motion picture
theaters during the heart interest"
portions of films.
Thank God for Garden" and Il
Know a Lovely Garden" are two more
popular songs Of the ballad class In the
better type
We might mention the light opera
Blossom Time" built on the life and
melodies of Schubert, and Fritz Kreis-
leris one venture in the same field,
Apple Blossoms" Harry Lauder has
sung of his Scotch Blue Bell" A fa-
vorite OF every one is the old tune THE
Blue Bells of Scotland"
These are some of the better known
works, large and small. built around
flowers and flower names No doubt
every reader will be able TO think of
others. We have not considered. of
course, the countless teaching pieces
named after flowers.