"A Silent Prayer" reverie by "Marie Louka"
"Marie Louka" is a pseudonym referring to Marie Louise Kaekel, whom Schmid married in 1902.
Piano solo sheet music of "A Silent Prayer" was first published in 1904. There was a 1915 printing by Volkwein Bros.
In 1939, Schmid had a new edition published in Australia. Although the musical notes are the same as before, dynamics
markings are more precise, some pedal markings and a staccato marking were removed, and some phrasing is different.
All printings recommend not playing broken chords in the second and third playings of the opening 16-measure theme.
Schmid wrote these eight reveries for piano:
____(1904) A Silent Prayer Marie Louka
____(1905) Fleeting Hours Marie Louka
____(1905) The Hour of Prayer Marie Louka
____(1906) Flickering Shadows Margaret Eldon
____(1907) Sunset Clayton Hallowell
____(1912) Autumn Glow Clayton Hallowell
____(1912) Sunset on the Ocean Marie Louka
____(1939) Thoughts at Sunset Marie Louka
1939 sheet music scanned by National Library of Australia, reformatted by Lewis J. Thomas Jr.
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