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A New Song On The Times, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about landowners mistreating their hired hands.

The Gypsey Ladies, O!, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Seven Romanies are condemned for taking a lord's lady.

Jack Tar's Drunken Frolic In Wapping, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A sailor is tricked into sleeping with a corpse and has his money stolen.

Spence Broughton, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man feels remorse for his life and fears his coming death.

Gentle Jesse, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man mourns the death of his bride.

Skew Ball, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A horse wins the race for his master.

Sailor And His Truelove, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A woman is sad when her sailor lover sets sail

Rosetta And Her Gay Ploughboy, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A girl falls in love with her father's help

Country Hirings, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A poem about the plight of servants with farmers and a solution to the problem.

The Pensioner's Complaint, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man sings about his vulgar and mean wife.

The Way To Live Happy Together, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song advising men and women on how to have a successful marriage.

Young William Of The Waggon Train, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A couple go together to war.

Tis A Bit Of A Thing, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man's love moves from woman to woman

Mary's Dream, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A dead man visits his lover in her dreams

The Sequel To Briton's Strike Home, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man marries the woman that sailed with him on sea.

The Slave Auction, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about the horrors of slavery and slave auctions

Willie Safe At Home!, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man returns home from fighting overseas.

Sweet Kitty Of The Clyde, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man rescues a noble woman and they fall in love

The Margate Steam Yacht, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about England and its elite social classes.

Dvd Review: Rossi, Luigi. L’Orfeo. Pygmalion, Musical Direction By Raphaël Pichon, Staging By Jetske Mijnssen. Recorded At L’Opéra National De Lorraine (Nancy), February 7 And 9, 2016. Arles: Harmonia Mundi, 2017. Hmd 9859058.59 Dvd And Blu-Ray Disc., Roger Freitas

Performance Practice Review

DVD Review: Rossi, Luigi. L’Orfeo. Pygmalion, musical direction by Raphaël Pichon, staging by Jetske Mijnssen. Recorded at L’Opéra National de Lorraine (Nancy), February 7 and 9, 2016. Arles: Harmonia Mundi, 2017. HMD 9859058.59 DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Roger Freitas discusses a production of Rossi's L'Orfeo recorded on DVD.

Gustav Mahler: An Honorary Secessionist, Grant Estes

Music: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Gustav Mahler’s artistic philosophy was closely related to that of the Secessionists in fin-de-siècle Vienna. His work, both as the director of the Imperial Opera and as a composer, was based on the idea that art should be paramount over personal, sociological, and historical influences. Thus, Mahler should be viewed as an honorary Secessionist who, though personally distant from the Secessionist movement, continually sought higher artistic standards and freedom. This essay will focus on the first movement of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and contemporary criticisms of the work to better understand both Mahler’s music and the environment in which he worked.

Create And Remunerate: Schoenberg’S Business Acumen And His Op. 16, Joel Padgett

Music: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Like many composers, Arnold Schoenberg faced financial difficulties throughout his life. However, little work exists discussing the emotional effect Schoenberg’s economic hardship had on him and his compositional style. This paper will discuss Schoenberg’s business acumen from 1900–1910 and the role his financial hardships played in his transition into his Expressionist period. It will also include a discussion on the relationship between Schoenberg’s Expressionism and the notion of a modern piece of music, relying primarily on an analysis of the modern characteristics in Farben from Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra.

Nelly Bly, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man sings about his wife adn their home.

Waiting For Nell Near Temple Bar, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A young couple is engaged and will be happy on their wedding day.

Under The Willow She's Sleeping, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man laments the death of his wife.

Sweet Jenny Of The Moor, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man returns from sea to marry his lover

Widow Malone, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A widow marries an aggressive man.

Kiss Me In The Dark, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A captain has sex with the wife of one of his sailors

Come Let Us Be Happy Together, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about being happy with those you love.

The Old Women's Sayings In My Grandmother's Days, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about superstitions