The Old Man's Hour - Dalmaine, Cyril - Violin and Piano

An album of eight easy pieces for violin and piano in the first position, suggested grade 1.

1. Coaching Through Richmond
2. The Postboy
3. My Lady Caprice
4. The Dandy
5. The Courteous Highwayman
6. My Lord in Pall Mall (click to hear via YouTube)
7. The Street Dancers
8. The Old Man Sleeps

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.