Gaieté de coeur, Op.24 (Smith, Sydney)

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Scores

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Publisher. Info. Hanover Edition.
Sydney: W.H. Paling & Co., n.d.(1880s?).
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Misc. Notes This file has sufficient differences from the one below to be considered a different edition - an accentuation marking in a different place here or different language there, etc., ...- it is no mere reprint.
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Publisher. Info. The Star Folio of Pianoforte Music, a Selection of the Most Celebrated Compositions.
Dundee: Methven Simpson, Ltd. n.d.(ca.1900). Plate P. 986.
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Misc. Notes Publisher information deduced from plate number + Worldcat. The original 1862 printing of the score probably had different plate numbers (I think- unless in fact it was part of this publication?)
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Publisher. Info. New Orleans: Philip Werlein, 1884.
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Misc. Notes From the cover, part of a series of Smith waltzes published by Werlein (I expect the rest are partially available at LoC in this and other forms.) Very large filesize?...
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Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson, n.d. Plate 6927-10.
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Publisher. Info. London: Edwin Ashdown, n.d. Plate A. & P. No. 1176.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands (Composer)

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Publisher. Info. London: Ashdown & Parry, n.d.(1863?). Plate A. & P. No.1330.
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For Violin and Piano (Meyer)

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Arranger Fritz Meyer? (1857–1926)
Publisher. Info. Musical Bouquet Series, No.176
New York: Benj. Hitchcock, 1874.
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Misc. Notes score says Fr. Meyer and Fritz Meyer was a violinist active at the time. Could be also Fred Meyer conceivably or another Fr. Meyer. Meyer’s version is in C major.
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For Simplified Piano (Maylath)

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Arranger Henry Maylath (1827–1883)
Publisher. Info. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Chandler Bros., 1874. Plate 40?.
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Misc. Notes Transposed to G major. Possibly part of the 12 Trifling Trinkets for Tiny Hands. series (it is listed in the table of contents of that series, see the Maylath arrangement of the Fandango Opus 34.)
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For Simplified Piano (Theophil)

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Arranger John Theophil
Publisher. Info. Washington, D.C.: John F. Ellis & Co., 1885.
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Misc. Notes Transposed to C major
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General Information

Work Title Gaieté de coeur
Alternative. Title Brilliant Waltz
Composer Smith, Sydney
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.24
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ISS 72
Key D-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 waltz
First Publication. 1862 (piano); 1863 (piano duet)
Dedication To Miss Mary Irving
4th version dedicated to the Misses Tapster (a piano duo?)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano (for piano duet version, see the Arrangements and Transcriptions tab)

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Maylath and Theophil arrangements are also available at the Library of Congress - perhaps originally scanned by them or by Duke University (whose collections they mirror)? Original scanner therefore ambiguous, but available as PDF at Sydney Smith Archive, as large-density TIFF files at LoCongress, anycase. However, as sometimes at LoC, attribution odd - e.g. the Maylath arrangement attributed to Maylath as a composition of his at memory.loc.gov (searching under Smith will not turn it up.) Theophil’s simplified version of this D major waltz is in C major, while Maylath’s is in G major.