landzastanza

poems and songs

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)
John McDonnell (1946-)
London Characters and the Humorous Side of London Life
text and illustrations of an 1870 book about Victorian London

writings inspired by Sherlock Holmes

Publication Order of Sherlock Holmes Stories by A. Conan Doyle
Notes on A Study in Scarlet re: blood atonement and polygamy
81 Sherlockian Poems and Songs lyrical praise and humor
Sherlock in Chicago a vignette based on "His Last Bow"
Adventures of Heather Key a Sherlockian novelette

piano music MIDI sequenced by John McDonnell from sheet music
in the public domain except where © is shown to indicate otherwise

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)
Eastwood Lane (1879-1951)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Arthur Pryor (1870-1942)
Marie Louka (18??-19??)
Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945)
selections from A Practical Method for the Pianoforte (1906) by O. D. Weaver

compositions for piano by Edward MacDowell

Op. 10 First Modern Suite (1883, 1891, etc.) 1 Praeludium 2 Presto 3 Andantino and Allegretto
————4 Intermezzo 5 Rhapsody 6 Fugue

Op. 13 Prelude and Fugue (1883, 1895 edition) 1 Prelude 2 Fugue

Op. 14 Second Modern Suite (1883, 1911 Klee edition) 1 Praeludium 2 Fugato 3 Rhapsody
————4 Scherzino 5 March 6 Fantastic Dance

Op. 16 Serenata (1883)

Op. 17 Two Fantastic Pieces (1884) 1 A Tale 2 Witches' Dance

Op. 18 Two Compositions (1884) 1 Barcarolle 2 Humoreske

Op. 19 Forest Idyls (1884, 1912 Teichmuller edition) 1 Forest Stillness 2 Play of the Nymphs
————3 Revery 4 Dance of the Dryads

Op. 20 Three Poems (1886) 1 piano 4 hands 1 Night by the Sea 2 A Tale from Knightly Times
————3 Ballad

Op. 21 Moon Pictures (1886) 1 piano 4 hands 1 The Hindoo Maiden 2 Story of the Stork
————3 In the Tyrol 4 The Swan 5 Visit of the Bear

Op. 24 Four Compositions (1887) 1 Humoreske 2 March 3 Cradle Song 4 Czardas

Op. 28 Six Idyls after Goethe (1887) 1 In the Woods 2 Siesta 3 To the Moonlight 4 Silver Clouds
————5 Flute Idyl 6 The Bluebell

Op. 31 Six Poems after Heine (1887, 1901 edition) 1 From a Fisherman's Hut 2 Scotch Poem
————3 From Long Ago 4 The Postwaggon 5 The Shepherd Boy 6 Monologue

Op. 32 Four Little Poems (1888) 1 The Eagle 2 The Brook 3 Moonshine 4 Winter

Op. 36 Etude de Concert (1889)

Op. 37 Les Orientales (1889) 1 Clair de Lune 2 Dans le Hamac 3 Danse Andalouse

Op. 38 Marionettes (1888, 1901 edition) 1 Prologue 2 Soubrette 3 Lover 4 Witch 5 Clown
————6 Villain 7 Sweetheart 8 Epilogue

Op. 39 Twelve Studies (1890) 1 Hunting Song 2 Alla Tarantella 3 Romance 4 Arabesque
————5 In the Forest 6 Dance of the Gnomes 7 Idyl 8 Shadow Dance 9 Intermezzo
————10 Melodie 11 Scherzino 12 Hungarian

Op. 45 Sonata Tragica (1893, 1922 Hughes edition) 1 Largo maestoso 2 Molto allegro, vivace
————3 Largo con maesta 4 Allegro eroica

Op. 46 Twelve Virtuoso Studies (1894) 1 Novelette 2 Moto Perpetuo 3 Wild Chase
————4 Improvisation 5 Elfin Dance 6 Valse Triste 7 Burlesque 8 Bluette 9 Traumerei
————10 March Wind 11 Impromptu 12 Polonaise

Op. 49 Air and Rigaudon (1894) 1 Air 2 Rigaudon

Op. 50 Sonata Eroica (1895) 1 Slow, with nobility 2 Elf-like, as light and swift as possible
————3 Tenderly, longingly, yet with passion 4 Fiercely, very fast

Op. 51 Woodland Sketches (1896) 1 To a Wild Rose 2 Will o' the Wisp 3 At an Old Trysting Place
————4 In Autumn 5 From an Indian Lodge 6 To a Water-lily 7 From Uncle Remus
————8 A Deserted Farm 9 By a Meadow Brook 10 Told at Sunset

"Edgar Thorn" pieces for piano by Edward MacDowell

Op. 1 Amourette (1896)

Op. 2 In Lilting Rhythm (1897) 1 Capriciously, yet not slow 2 Not slow, liltingly

Op. 4 Forgotten Fairy Tales (1897) 1 Sung outside the Prince's door 2 Of a Tailor and a Bear
————3 Beauty in the Rose-Garden 4 From Dwarf-land

Op. 7 Six Fancies (1898) 1 A Tin Soldier's Love 2 To a Humming Bird 3 Summer Song
————4 Across Fields 5 Bluette 6 An Elfin Round

Op. 55 Sea Pieces (1898) 1 To the Sea 2 From a Wandering Iceberg 3 A. D. 1620 4 Starlight 5 Song
————6 From the Depths 7 Nautilus 8 In Mid-Ocean

Op. 57 Third Sonata (1900) 1 Mesto, ma con passione 2 Tristamente, ma con tenerezza
————3 Allegro con fuoco

Op. 59 Fourth Sonata (1901) With great power and dignity 2 With naive tenderness
————3 Very swift and fierce

Op. 61 Fireside Tales (1902) 1 An Old Love Story 2 Of Br'er Rabbit 3 From a German Forest
————4 Of Salamanders 5 A Haunted House 6 By Smouldering Embers

Op. 62 New England Idyls (1902) 1 An Old Garden 2 Mid-Summer 3 Mid-Winter
————4 With Sweet Lavender 5 In Deep Woods 6 Indian Idyl 7 To an Old White Pine
————8 From Puritan Days 9 From a Log Cabin 10 The Joy of Autumn

piano transcriptions by Edward MacDowell
(1890) Six Little Pieces After Sketches of J. S. Bach (German 1685-1750)
————1 Courante 2 Menuet 3 Gigue 4 Menuet 5 Menuet 6 Marche
(1900) Le Bavolet Flottant for clavecin by Francois Couperin (French 1668-1733)
(1900) Jig for harpsichord by Carl Heinrich Graun (German 1701-1759)
(1900) Tempo di Minuetto after Giovanni Battista Grazioli (Italian 1746-c1820)
(1902) Sarabande for clavecin by Jean Baptiste Loeilly (French 1660-1728)
(1900) Jig for harpsichord by Johann Mattheson (German 1681-1764)
(1900) Courante for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)
(1900) Sarabande for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)

piano transcriptions of orchestral music by Edward MacDowell

Op. 15 First Concerto (1885, 1910 edition) 2 pianos 4 hands 1 Maestoso 2 Andante tranquillo
————3 Presto

Op. 22 Hamlet and Ophelia (1885) 1 piano 4 hands 1 Hamlet 2 Ophelia

Op. 23 Second Concerto (1890, 1922 Hughes edition) 2 pianos 4 hands 1 Larghetto calmato
————2 Presto giocoso 3 Largo

Op. 25 Lancelot and Elaine (1888) 1 piano 4 hands

Op. 29 Lamia (1908) 1 piano 4 hands

Op. 30 Two Fragments After the Song of Roland (1891) 1 piano 4 hands 1 The Saracens
————2 The Lovely Alda

Op. 35 Romance for Violoncello and Orchestra (1888)

Op. 42 First Suite (1891, 1893) 1 piano 4 hands 1 In a Haunted Forest; 2 Summer Idyl;
————3 In October; 4 The Shepherdess' Song; 5 Forest Spirits
————4 The Song of the Shepherdess (1906) 1 piano 2 hands

Op. 48 Second Suite (1897, 1910 Taubmann edition) 1 piano 2 hands 1 Legend 2 Love Song
————3 In War-time 4 Dirge 5 Village Festival

sheet music and MIDI sequences of 22 songs for voice and piano by Edward MacDowell
sheet music of compositions by Edward MacDowell
sheet music of choral music by Edward MacDowell

instrumental compositions by Ethelbert Nevin

Op. 7 Four Piano Compositions (1890) 1 Valzer Gentile 2 Slumber Song 3 Intermezzo
————4 Song of the Brook

Op. 8 Melody and Habanera for Violin and Piano (1891) 1 Melody 2 Habanera

Op. 13 Water Scenes (1891) 1 Dragon Fly 2 Ophelia 3 Water-Nymph 4 Narcissus 5 Barcarolle

Op. 16 In Arcady (1892) 1 A Shepherd's Tale 2 Shepherds All and Maidens Fair 3 Lullabye
————4 Tournament

Op. 18 Two Etudes (1892) 1 Romance 2 Scherzo

(1893) Barcarolle for Violin and Piano

(1896) La Guitare

Op. 21 May in Tuscany (1896) 1 Arlecchino 2 Notturno 3 Barchetta 4 Misericordia
————5 Il Rusignuolo 6 La Pastorella

Op. 25 A Day in Venice (1898) 1 Alba 2 Gondolieri 3 Canzone Amorosa 4 Buona Notte

Op. 30 En Passant (1899) 1 A Fontainebleau 2 In Dreamland 3 Napoli 4 At Home

O'er Hill and Dale (1902) 1 'Twas a Lover and His Lass 2 The Thrush
————3 Love Is Astraying Ever Since Maying 4 The Lark's on the Wing

MIDI sequences of 31 songs for voice and piano by Ethelbert Nevin
Rupert Hughes's 1900 biography of Ethelbert Nevin
sheet music of compositions by Ethelbert Nevin

compositions by Eastwood Lane

In Sleepy Hollow (1913) 1 In Sleepy Hollow 2 On Tappan Zee 3 A Mid-October Afternoon
————4 Katrina's Waltz

Five American Dances (1919) 1 The Crap Shooters (A Negro Dance)
————2 Around the Hall (A Dance-Hall Ditty) 3 A Gringo Tango 4 North of Boston (A Barn Dance)
————5 Powwow (An Indian Reminiscence)

Adirondack Sketches (1922) 1 The Old Guide's Story 2 The Legend of Lonesome Lake 3 Down Stream
————4 The Land of the Loon 5 A Dirge for Jo Indian 6 Lumber-Jack Dance

Other compositions by Eastwood Lane: Mongoliana (1922), Eastern Seas (1925), Sold Down the River (1928),
Pantomimes (1933), Fourth of July (1935), Here Are Ladies (1944), Jesuit's Journey (1947), Central Park,
Colonial Suite, Flower of Old Japan, Knee-high to a Grasshopper. Three of his pieces, Sea Burial, Persimmon
Pucker
, and Minuet for Betty Schuyler, were arranged by Ferde Grofe for the orchestra of Paul Whiteman.

compositions by John Philip Sousa

(1872) Moonlight on the Potomac waltzes
(1873) Cuckoo galop
(1873) Review march
(1876) On Wings of Lightning galop
(1876) Revival march
(1876) The Honored Dead march
(1877) Across the Danube march
(1877) Free-Lunch Cadets march
(1877) Myrrha gavotte
(1878) Esprit du Corps march
(1878) Silver Spray schottische
(1879) On the Tramp march
(1879) Resumption march
(1880) Nymphalin reverie
(1880) Our Flirtation march
(1881) Guide Right march
(1881) President Garfield's Inauguration march
(1881) President Garfield's Funeral march
(1881) Right Forward march
(1881) Wolverine march
(1881) Yorktown Centennial march
(1882) Congress Hall march
(1883) Bonnie Annie Laurie march
(1883) Mother Goose march
(1883) Pet of the Petticoats march
(1883) Right-Left march
(1883) Transit of Venus march
(1884) The White Plume march
(1885) Mother Hubbard march
(1885) Sound Off march
(1885) Triumph of Time march
(1886) La Reine de la Mer valses
(1886) Tally-Ho! overture
(1886) The Gladiator march
(1886) The Presidential Polonaise
(1886) The Rifle Regiment march
(1886) Vautour overture
(1887) The Coquette characteristic dance
(1887) The Occidental march
(1888) National Fencibles march
(1888) Semper Fidelis march
(1888) The Crusader march
(1889) Queen of the Harvest quadrille
(1889) The Picadore march
(1889) The Thunderer march
(1889) The Washington Post march
(1890) Corcoran Cadets march
(1890) The High School Cadets march
(1890) The Loyal Legion march
(1892) The Belle of Chicago march
(1892) The Lion Tamer march
(1892) Triton march
(1893) The Beau Ideal march
(1893) The Liberty Bell march
(1893) The Manhattan Beach march
(1894) The Directorate march
(1895) King Cotton march
(1896) El Capitan march
(1896) The Colonial Dames waltzes
(1896) Three Quotations suite
———— 1 The King of France
———— 2 I, Too, Was Born in Arcadia
———— 3 In Darkest Africa
(1897) The Bride-Elect march
(1897) The Stars and Stripes Forever march
(1898) The Charlatan march
(1899) Hands Across the Sea march
(1899) The Man Behind the Gun march
(1900) Hail to the Spirit of Liberty march
(1901) The Invincible Eagle march
(1902) Imperial Edward march
(1902) The Messiah of Nations patriotic anthem
(1903) A Summer Girl idyl
(1903) Jack Tar march
(1904) The Diplomat march
(1905) At the King's Court suite
———— 1 Her Ladyship, the Countess
———— 2 Her Grace, the Duchess
———— 3 Her Majesty, the Queen
(1906) Powhatan's Daughter march
(1906) The Free Lance march
(1908) Fairest of the Fair march
(1909) The Glory of the Yankee Navy march
(1910) Dwellers in the Western World suite
———— 1 The Red Man
———— 2 The White Man
———— 3 The Black Man
(1911) Grand Festival march
(1911) The Federal march
(1912) In the Land of the Golden Fleece valse romantique
(1912) The Gliding Girl tango
(1912) With Pleasure dance hilarious
(1913) From Maine to Oregon march
(1914) Columbia's Pride march
(1914) The Lambs' March
(1915) The New York Hippodrome march
(1915) The Pathfinder of Panama march
(1916) America First march
(1916) Boy Scouts of America march
(1916) Willow Blossoms legend
(1917) The Naval Reserve march
(1917) The U. S. Field Artillery march
(1917) The White Rose march
(1917) Wisconsin Forward Forever marching song
(1918) Anchor and Star march
(1918) Flags of Freedom march
(1918) Liberty Loan march
(1918) Sabre and Spurs march
(1918) Solid Men to the Front march
(1918) The Chantyman's March
(1918) The Volunteers march
(1918) We Are Coming marching song
(1919) Bullets and Bayonets march
(1919) The Golden Star march
(1919) USAAC march
(1920) Comrades of the Legion march
(1920) Who's Who in Navy Blue march
(1921) Keeping Step With the Union march
(1921) On the Campus march
(1922) The Gallant Seventh march
(1923) Nobles of the Mystic Shrine march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1923) Power and Glory march © Theodore Presser Co.
(1924) Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1925) The Black Horse Troop march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1925) The National Game march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) Sesqui-Centennial Exposition march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) The Gridiron Club march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) The Pride of the Wolverines march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1927) Riders for the Flag march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1927) The Minnesota march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1928) Golden Jubilee march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1930) George Washington Bicentennial march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1930) Harmonica Wizard march © Theodore Presser Co.
(1930) The Royal Welch Fusiliers march © Theodore Presser Co.
Library of Congress collection of sheet music by Sousa
The Works of John Philip Sousa

compositions by Arthur Pryor

(1896) Sweet Lorena Ray song sheet music
(1897) Ye Boston Tea Party march sheet music
(1898) Love Thoughts waltz sheet music
(1898) The Gridiron march sheet music
(1899) A Coon Band Contest jazz foxtrot sheet music
(1899) Southern Hospitality ragtime cakewalk sheet music
(1904) Mr. Black Man march sheet music
(1905) The Whistler and His Dog caprice sheet music
(1906) Razzazza Mazzazza extravaganza sheet music
(1906) The Baby Parade march sheet music
(1907) After Sunset intermezzo sheet music
(1908) Captain Cupid march sheet music
(1909) Frozen Bill rag sheet music
(1909) Teddy-After-Africa humoresque two-step sheet music
(1911) That Flying Ragsheet music
(1914) Toute la Nuit (All Night) one-step, two-step rag sheet music
(1917) We'll Be There, Uncle Sammy patriotic march song sheet music
(1919) American Legion march sheet music
In 1892 Pryor became a trombone soloist in Sousa's Band. From 1895 through 1902 he was Sousa's
assistant conductor. In 1903 he began conducting Arthur Pryor's Band. Pryor's oddly-named 1909
composition "Teddy-After-Africa" was inspired by Teddy Roosevelt's 1909 African safari.

compositions by Marie Louka

(1901) Japanese Fire Dancesheet music
(1902) The Rajah march and two-step sheet music
(1903) Cupid's Dart idylle caprice sheet music
(1903) Karmara African bolo dance sheet music
(1904) A Silent Prayer reverie sheet music
(1904) Daisies song (text by Richard C. Dillmore)
(1904) Dance of the Snowflakes (1st page only)
(1904) The Fadette march sheet music
(1904) The North American march sheet music
(1905) Dance of the Dewdropssheet music
(1905) Fire and Flame march sheet music
(1905) Fleeting Hours reverie
(1905) The Hour of Prayer reverie sheet music
(1906) Birds and Breezes waltzes (1st page only)
(1906) The Captain General march sheet music
(1907) Phasma shadow dance
(1908) Ocean Spray mazurka caprice sheet music
(1912) Cap and Gown march
(1912) Dance of the Toys
(1912) Dancing Dolls waltz
(1912) Mission Bells descriptive tone poem
(1912) Sunset on the Ocean reverie
(1924) Victorious Peace march
(1939) Damask Rose nocturne © W. H. Paling
(1939) Dance of the Fireflies © W. H. Paling
(1939) Dancing Shadows dance © W. H. Paling
(1939) Thoughts at Sunset reverie © W. H. Paling
(1941) Flowers from the Dust song © Mills Music
information about Marie Louka and her music

marches by Kenneth J. Alford

(1908) The Thin Red Line © 1925 by Hawkes & Son
(1912) Holyrood
(1912) The Vedette
(1914) Colonel Bogey
(1916) The Great Little Army
(1917) On the Quarter Deck
(1917) The Middy
(1917) The Voice of the Guns
(1919) The Vanished Army
(1921) The Mad Major
(1923) Cavalry of the Clouds
(1928) Dunedin
(1929) Old Panama © 1929 by Hawkes & Son
(1929) HM Jollies
(1930) The Standard of St. George
(1941) By Land and Sea
(1941) Army of the Nile
(1942) Eagle Squadron
MIDI sequences of the band music of Alford marches

miscellaneous presentations by John McDonnell

Monetary Policy in Mesoamerica

Letters to Enoch Williamson or Included With Them (1851-1863)

2 songs by George M. Cohan about America's first President

MIDI sequence of "Our Fighting Men" march by M. S. Rocereto

"Dedicated to the American Land, Sea and Aerial Forces"
© 1923 by Volkwein Bros., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Nymph a short story

Notes on Scriptural Prophecies

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