Should any of my readers be able to throw light on dark places I shall be very glad to hear from them, with a view to making the information here presented as complete and correct as possible if another edition should be called for. May I suggest to the Secretaries of our Literary Societies, Guilds, and similar organizations that a pleasant evening might be spent in rendering some of the music referred to by Dickens. The proceedings might be varied by readings from his works or by historical notes on the music. Many of the pieces are still in print, and I shall be glad to render assistance in tracing them. Perhaps this idea will also commend itself to the members of the Dickens Fellowship, an organization with which all lovers of the great novelist ought to associate themselves.
JAMES T. LIGHTWOOD.
Lytham,
October, 1912.
I truly love Dickens; and discern in the inner man of him a tone of real Music which struggles to express itself, as it may in these bewildered, stupefied and, indeed, very crusty and distracted days—better or worse!
Thomas Carlyle.
CONTENTS
| Chap. | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Dickens as a Musician | [1] |
| II. | Instrumental Combinations | [23] |
| III. | Various Instruments: Flute, Organ, Guitar (and Some Hummers) | [36] |
| IV. | Various Instruments (continued) | [56] |
| V. | Church Music | [69] |
| VI. | Songs and Some Singers | [83] |
| VII. | Some Noted Singers | [112] |
| List of Songs, &c., Mentioned by Dickens | [135] | |
| Index of Musical Instruments | [164] | |
| Index of Characters | [165] | |
| General Index | [169] | |
| List of Music Titles, &c., Founded on Dickens' Characters | [172] |