I Forget!! (Hastings, Ernest)

Composition Year	1915
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

Sheet Music

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Publisher. Info.	London: Reynolds & Co., 1915. Plate R & Co. 1825.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Work Title	I Forget!!
Alternative. Title	A Soldier's Reminiscences
Composer	Hastings, Ernest
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IEH 3
Key	D major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1915
First Performance.	1915
First Publication.	1915
Librettist	Bert Lee (1880-1946)
Language	English
Average DurationAvg. Duration	3 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	voice, piano
Extra Information	A monologue of an old soldier's forgetfullness. A topical song at the time, when the enthusiasm of the war was still prevalent, and the horrors of the war hadn't been seen in great detail yet. Recorded by Ernest Hastings with own piano accompaniment on Columbia the same year.