Elgar - Book 2 - Silhouette Series - Dalmaine, Cyril

The albums in the Forsyth Silhouette Series are widely acknowledged to provide as some of the finest piano arrangements of the works of the great composers available to the player of intermediate ability. These albums provide excellent teaching material, as well as superb recreational pieces for the adult player.

1. Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
2. First 'Dream Interlude' from 'Falstaff' Op.68
3. Welsh Folk Melody from 'Introduction and Allegro for String Orchestra' Op. 47
4. The Waggon Passes from 'Nursery Suite'
5. Larghetto from 'Serenade for String Orchestra' Op. 20
6. Part Song: 'Death on the Hills' Op. 72
7. Canto Populare from the Overture from 'In the South' Op. 50

Composer and critic Cyril Carr Dalmaine graduated from the Royal College of Music and was Music master at Uppington School before going on to become chorus master to the BBC. He is most famous for coining the term 'Lord Haw-Haw' in his work as radio critic of the Daily Express under the pseudonym Jonah Barrington, in reference to the Nazi propaganda broadcasts of William Joyce during the Second World War.

Dalmaine was also a record presenter in the pre-1955 days and responsible for the 'discovery' of the then deceased Italian tenor, Alessandro Valente, giving Valente enjoyed a considerable posthumous vogue. As a composer Dalmaine wrote chamber music, and transcribed the cantatas of J.S. Bach to piano as well as a wide range of piano and string works published by Forsyth. His works such as Variation from Versailles and Pathway to the Proms remain in print and are well worth re-discovering, while his arrangements of popular classics in our Silhouette Series remain best sellers.