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PREFACE.
In projecting the present work, the aim of the Publisher has been to form a collection
of the Standard Melodies of Scotland, in which the compositions of many of the modern
Song-writers of Scotland would find a niche side by side with those of the elder
Minstrels, and to produce the work at such a cost as shall place it within the reach
of all classes of the community, however humble. It is gratifying to state that the
reception of the work (exceeding the most sanguine anticipations of the Publisher)
has proved the idea a sound one.
It has been objected to this work that the absence of Piano-forte Accompaniments
renders it comparatively unsuitable to a large section of the musical public, and the
objection is not without force ; but the work is intended to meet the wants of that
larger section, to whom the Piano-forte is " a sealed book," yet who have, nevertheless,
musical tastes and capabilities of a very high order — a class, we are happy to see,
every day improving both in numbers and ability. To all those who wish to see the
genial science taking root and spreading among the masses, it will be gratifying to
learn that the appearance of each Part has been hailed with intense delight at many
firesides in Scotland and elsewhere.
On the first of November will be published Part First of the Casquet of Lyric
Gems. This work will not be confined entirely to Scottish Songs, and will contain
Accompaniments for the Piano, while the price still places it within the reach of
all ; and to obviate the complaints as to the length of time between the appearance
of the Parts, the issue will be Monthly, instead of Quarterly, in the case of the
present work. — See Advertisement at end of Glossary.
September, 1856.