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3 unusual facts about Parlour music


Parlour music

Note the sentimental lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton, the plaintive but well matched tune by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and the conscious artistry (including the operatic trilled "r"s) by singer Elizabeth Spencer.

The lyrics were by Frank Lebby Stanton although composer Carrie Jacobs-Bond thought they were anonymous and later provided royalties to him via D. Appleton and Company, which had copyrighted the words.

Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, for instance, were traditional (or "folk") tunes supplied with new lyrics by Moore, and many arias from Italian operas, particularly those of Bellini and Donizetti, became parlour songs, with texts either translated or replaced by new lyrics.



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