Richards, Brinley

International Music Score Library Project [IMSLP] entry: Brinley Richards

Henry Brinley Richards (1817-1885) was a Welsh composer who studied under Chopin. Composed much salon music, popular in the 19thC.

Piece	MP3	Midi	Genre
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still		MIDI	CD1 salon piano
	This Ballad is an arrangement by Brinley Richards of an 1856 song composed by the little-known English composer William Thomas Wrighton (1816-1880) to words by Joseph Edwards Carpenter (1813-1885). The song is a well-known piece of Victoriana, with many recordings and versions on the web; this arrangement is somewhat less well known. It is marked Moderato -- con Espressione. As you might expect, it's not entirely a jolly song: 'Tis years since last we met, and we may not meet again; I have struggled to forget, but that struggle was in vain. But at least she may still be alive.

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