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Boyton Smith (arr.): Isle of Beauty

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Tags: British classical piano salon
Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: PSearPianist
Length: 03:59
Rating: 5.00
Views: 195
(Frederick William) Boyton Smith (1837-1911) was the elder brother of the well-known English composer of salon piano music, Sydney Smith. Boyton specialised in church music, and in his later years was an organist in Dorchester, Dorset, where he was born, and where he also took over a music school formerly run by his father. He wrote some salon music, including this attractive arrangement of a song by Thomas Bayley (1797-1830), which is apparently the 19th of s set of 'Souvenirs Charmantes'. It is very well written for piano, and is somewhat in the light-textured harp-like style that Brinley Richards used for folk song arrangements. This is not to be confused with the song of the same title that forms the national anthem of the Dominican Republic.--------------------- -----------------Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk

Video Comments

zrshwe (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Beautifully played as ever.

PSearPianist (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Thanks for your interesting comments. I think the main influence (both melodic and harmonic) on British 'salon composers' was bel canto opera, and transcriptions of favourite arias by the likes of Herz and Hunten.

tdavis2797 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

i am unsure if there IS a particular precession of harmonics in classical music, but i can't help but compare the harmonies to figures such as chopin, and beethoven, where the only contrast to note is the absence of maybe a diminished 7 chord that both chopin and beethoven seemed to be quite fond of. maybe im a bit too immersed in classical music to differentiate one composer's influence upon another. i do, however, find this composer's sound authentic to the merit of his pyrotechnic repertory.

Babejuda (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Now you aroused my curiosity: what is the national anthem of the Dominican Republic, and why it has the same name?As for this: beautiful piece and beautifully played. Interesting the bass-part at the beginning.