Salon music

[Timtin]

Did anyone notice The National Library of Australia's guess at
at Ashworth's dates (1900-1950)? My guess is that he was a much
closer contemporary of Charles Ancliffe (1880-1952) than that.

Ancliffe The Primrose Path.pdf

[sgambatiesque]

Did anyone notice The National Library of Australia's guess at
at Ashworth's dates (1900-1950)?

I think it was more a "years active" estimate based on publication dates.

[Timtin]

This is another short and not unattractive piece by Ancliffe, a waltz.

Ancliffe What about that Waltz with me.pdf

[Timtin]

My Heart's Desire is that someone might like this file, but it's unlikely!
From what I can gather, Clifton Worsley was an Englishman who went to
live in Spain - sensible chap. His dates are given as 1873-1928 on IMSLP,
but on the website below it's different story altogether. In fact, he's not
the only composer whose dates they give wrongly - Roger Ascham is another.
(Another observation about this website - the composers aren't listed in
strict alphabetical order, which is a little strange.)
http://clifton-worsley.pdf-scores.com/

Worsley My Heart's Desire.pdf

[Jean-Séb]

I like your score.
You should trust IMSLP more than the other site. Actually, it seems from the well-informed Wikipedia article in Catalan that Clifton Worsley was not an Englishman but a Spaniard who chose an English-like pseudonym to sell more of his Boston waltzes, then so much in fashion!

[Timtin]

Thank you JS for the background information on Worsley.
Usually, it was English composers adopting foreign names, not the the other way round.
The above salon pieces are from the same books as the foxtrots in the Jazz & Stride thread.

[Timtin]

Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861-1932).

Meyer-Helmund Night Pieces Op135 No1 (Moonshine).pdf

[liveforpiano]

G. Maglioni is a name I have never encountered before. I have been unable to find out anything about him.
But here is a piece of his that I found upon going through some music from my (now deceased) friend Walter Ryan.
La Gardenia Opus 20.

Maglioni G. La Cardenia Op.20.pdf

[Jean-Séb]

Giovacchino Maglioni seemed to have been very active arount 1840-1850 in Italy (Firenze) especially for church music.
Some of his scores are available here :
http://www.internetculturale.it/opencms ... iovacchino

[Op. XXXIX]

This is the only other example of Ashworth I've got here.
I'll produce quite a few more pieces of this type over the coming days,
by various other light-weight English composers active in the 1920s.

Ashworth A Lover's Melody.pdf

What a lovely morsel! And it arranged very effectively for the organ...