Boyton Smith (arr.): Isle of Beauty

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(Frederick William) Boyton Smith (1837-1911) was the elder brother of the well-known English composer of salon piano music, Sydney Smith. Boyton specialised in church music, and in his later years was an organist in Dorchester, Dorset, where he was born, and where he also took over a music school formerly run by his father. He wrote some salon music, including this attractive arrangement of a song by Thomas Bayley (1797-1830), which is apparently the 19th of s set of 'Souvenirs Charmantes'. It is very well written for piano, and is somewhat in the light-textured harp-like style that Brinley Richards used for folk song arrangements. This is not to be confused with the song of the same title that forms the national anthem of the Dominican Republic. --------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk

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Uploaded: August 28th, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
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