Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha Albert

In effect a song for
violin and piano, not
unlike some of Prince
Albert's lieder for voice
and piano, this little
piece of salon music
has a distinctive charm
and simplicity. Probably
written in the 1840s, it
has a straightforward
AABBA structure. I have
taken the liberty of
writing out the repeats
in full with the kind of
ornamentation common
at the time. Players
who prefer the original
can easily repeat the
relevant unornamented
8-bar phrases. Copy-
text: The Collected
Compositions of HRH
The Prince Consort, ed.
W.G.Cusins (London,
n.d. [1882?]), pp. 220-
21. Queen Victoria
authorised this edition
from her Master of the
Queen's Musick, so we
can trust its fidelity to
the Prince's intentions.
Dynamics etc as in the
original; I have added
the metronome mark.