https://www.fakebands.com/wiki/index.php?title=Roderick_Manktelow&feed=atom&action=historyRoderick Manktelow - Revision history2024-03-29T13:16:41ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://www.fakebands.com/wiki/index.php?title=Roderick_Manktelow&diff=26347&oldid=prevT.Mike: Created page with "English singer from the "Next Seasons Novelties" joke review in the Vol. 54, no. 846 (Aug. 1, 1913) of ''The Musical Times'', by Harvey Grace. <blockquote> "At the old convent..."2019-10-07T19:52:15Z<p>Created page with "English singer from the "Next Seasons Novelties" joke review in the Vol. 54, no. 846 (Aug. 1, 1913) of ''The Musical Times'', by Harvey Grace. <blockquote> "At the old convent..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>English singer from the "Next Seasons Novelties" joke review in the Vol. 54, no. 846 (Aug. 1, 1913) of ''The Musical Times'', by Harvey Grace.<br />
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"At the old convent gate." Semi-sacred song, by [[Harold C. Laptrap]] (Church & Co.).<br />
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Here we have this deservedly-popular song-composer in his most alluring vein. The poem, a tender lyric by Wotherspoon, tells us of an orphan child who, after two verses of cruel neglect, finds a resting-place on the steps of the convent gate-hence the title. There, with the gently-falling snow for a coverlet, she falls asleep, while the voices of the nuns are heard singing their vesper hymn. We quote the last verse-surely Wotherspoon at his very best:<br />
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"There in the dusk, at close of day,<br /><br />
Sleeping, but beautiful she lay.<br /><br />
The snow fell thick on hedge and field,<br /><br />
In cloisters dim the voices pealed-<br /><br />
'Homocea ! Homocea !'"<br />
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It remains only to add that Mr. Laptrap, with characteristic thoroughness and feeling for the, fitness of things, has written a part for harmonium or organ, which adds very materially to the effect. We note that Madame [[Sarah Summerbee]] and Mr. [[Roderick Manktelow]] are announced to sing the song at all their engagements. This recognition by leading English vocalists of the good work of native composers is a welcome sign of the times.<br />
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Homocea was a brand of cure-all at the turn of that century that went in for overly-dramatic ads, like [https://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/homocea/ this one]. Also, his name is C. Laptrap, or claptrap, get it?<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*https://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/homocea/<br />
*[[File:1913_Next_Seasons_Novelties_Musical_Times.pdf]]<br />
*https://www.jstor.org/stable/905780#metadata_info_tab_contents<br />
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