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Forest fantasies : nine miniatures for pianoforte

Walter Carroll

RA Collection: Book

Record number

11/1986

Author

Imprint

Manchester: Forsyth Brothers Ltd., 1916

Physical Description

11 p. of music : ill. ; 31 cm.

General Note

Front cover and title page illustrated by William Heath Robinson

Contents

1. Queen Mab. -- 2. To a sleeping fairy -- 3. Under a cherry tree -- 4. The elfin harp -- 5. Spirits of the twilight -- 6. Garland dance -- 7. Nightfall -- 8. Dwarfs of the mist -- 9. Farewell to the fairies

Summary Note

“`Forest Fantasies’ woven from the mysteries of fairyland, were inspired partly by the reading of Edmund Spenser’s poems, and other elfin lore, but mainly by the memories of a lovely woodland glade nestling in a quiet corner of Galloway. As tone-pictures they resemble ‘Sea Idylls’ in texture, though less advanced in difficulty.” Walter Carroll. [Introduction opposite p. 1].

Contributors

William Heath Robinson, illustrator