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18th-century hymns (2 C, 37 P) Pages in category "18th-century songs" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. ... Oh Happy Day; Over the Hills ...
Robert Valentine (c. 1671 – 26 May 1747), also known as Roberto Valentini and Roberto Valentino, was an English composer, recorder player, oboist and violinist, who moved to Rome and became a naturalised Italian. He is noted for his large number of compositions for the recorder.
Vive la rose is an 18th-century French folk song about unrequited love. "Mon ami me délaisse" is roughly translated as "My boyfriend dumped me". The song goes on to explain that he has found a new girlfriend. Another verse says that rumor has it that she is sick.
In 1964, French pop singer France Gall recorded a version of this song, with altered lyrics to make it a love song. [12] In 2008, a phonautograph paper recording made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville of "Au clair de la lune" on 9 April 1860, was digitally converted to sound by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This ...
In the 18th century, ballad operas developed as a form of English stage entertainment, partly in opposition to the Italian domination of the London operatic scene. [17] In America a distinction is drawn between ballads that are versions of European, particularly British and Irish songs , and ' Native American ballads ', developed without ...
The mid-19th century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the U.S. to follow. [84] A gift box of chocolates, which is a common gift for Valentine's Day. In 1868, the British chocolate company Cadbury created Fancy Boxes – a decorated box of chocolates – in the shape of a heart for Valentine's Day.
They include hymns, military themes, national songs, and musical numbers from stage and screen, as well as others adapted from many poems. [2] Much of American patriotic music owes its origins to six main wars — the American Revolution , the American Indian Wars , the War of 1812 , the Mexican–American War , the American Civil War , and the ...
English art song composers in the 18th century. William Croft (c.1678-1727), sacred songs; ... "The Lost Chord" was an extremely popular ballad in its day;