THOMAS W. BEALE

Thomas Willert Beale (1828-1894) was the son of music publisher Frederick Beale of the firm of “Cramer, Beale, & Addison.” He was educated at Lincoln’s Inn, London, and became a barrister. He had a great passion for music and was a good pianist. He became an Impresario, managing operas and touring with notable musicians of his time. He was a founder of the New Philharmonic Society. He contributed to many journals and magazines, often writing under the pseudonym WALTER MAYNARD. He wrote a farce, a three-act drama, an operetta, and a large number of songs, part-songs, and piano pieces. His most significant work was the two-volume tome The Light of other Days as seen through the wrong end of an Opera Glass (1890) containing his reminiscences of famous singers, performers, and composers. The volumes provide contemporary insight into English music culture in the 19th Century. He died at Gipsy Hill, in the London Borough of Lambeth.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	Children	w/piano	Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Lo! the peaceful shades of evening	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Hemlock Tree	w/piano	Longfellow	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Violet	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Humorous part-song, No. 1.	Michaelmas Day			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Humorous part song, No. 2.	Sporting notes			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 1.	A glimpse of the pastoral	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 2.	A midsummer dream	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 3.	The charm of rural life	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 4.	Beware of the bull	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 5.	In the woods	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 6.	On the water	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 7.	The picnic	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Out of Town: 8.	Good bye	w/piano		LISTEN X Stop audio before closing