Composition Year | 1906 |
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Genre Categories | Ballads; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Love, If You'd Only Told Me |
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Alternative. Title | A Retrospective Ballad |
Composer | Clare, Tom |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ITC 4 |
Key | C major |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1906 |
First Performance. | 1906 |
First Publication. | 1906 |
Librettist | Arthur Helliar (1863–1940) |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
Extra Information | An early Tom Clare number. A parody on the once popular Edwardian ballad Love, Could I Only Tell Thee. Clare lampoons the indulgence of fanatical romance and states that this is the lament after the love has waned in the ballad. |