Progressive Studies for the Voice, with Pianoforte Accompaniment
Georg Henschel · The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular · 1892
we cannot find time to distinguish, among the old, that which is worthy of preservation.Let us, therefore, be grateful to those who from time to time rescue a treasure from the oblivion into which it has temporarily fallen.Two or three of the songs here gathered together have, it is true, held their ground to a certain extent, ' The Diver " being an " easy first "; but the majority will come upon the ears of the present generation as absolutely new.Loder, who was born in I8I3, and was a pupil of Ferdinand Ries, produced his first opera in I834.The songs in this volume were composed between I835 and I848.They represent therefore, approximately, a style in vogue about fifty years ago; and some of us, regarding them, may be excused for doubting whether xve have much improved upon it since.A melancholy interest attaches to this fifth number of the English Song Albums-it was the last work of its lamented editor.Progcssive Sttldies for the Voice, zeJitAl Pirr110forts Acco7ntnszi71ze1zt.Composed by G. Henschel.(Op.49.)In two books.[Novello, Ewer and Co