13. Jane Anne & Cousin Henry, duet: "Hearts must be soft-shiny dressed" – "Dustman, Laugher, Tramp and busy Sweep" Musical quotations From Elgar's The Wand of Youth Suites The Little Bells (Scherzino) – in all Acts Fairy Pipers – in all Acts Sun Dance – interlude at the end of Act II Moths and Butterflies – introduction to Act II Scene 3 March – in Act III From Elgar's The Music Makers a sequence in Jane Anne's song at the end of Act II Scene 2 From the Christmas Carol The First Nowell at the end of Act III Publications Piano Suite, arranged by Albert Ketèlbey, pub. Elkin & Co. Ltd. London & New York, 1916 To the Children (Organ-Grinder's Song) Dance of the Pleiades Sunrise Song In the Forest "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" (Organ-Grinder's Song) Finale Organ Grinder's Songs, piano accompaniment arranged by Julius Harrison, pub. Elkin & Co. Ltd. London & New York, 1916 1. "To the Children" 2. "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" 3. "My Old Tunes" Synopsis Act I After a short musical overture, the Organ grinder appears in front of the curtain and sings "To the Children". The Song (first at the words "eyes; Let me sleep a moment") includes self-quotations of "The Little Bells" music from "The Wand of Youth". Song 1. The Organ Grinder: "To the Children" The music continues through the curtain rise on the first scene. Scene 1 The curtain rises on a family living in a pension in the mountains of Switzerland, showing grown-ups with problems which are first expressed unaccompanied by music: there is Daddy (an unsuccessful author), Mother (with domestic problems), the pension manager Widow Jequier with residents that do not pay, old Miss Waghorn always searching for her long-lost brother, and Cousin Henry. The children identify with star constellations: Jane Anne the Pleiades, Jimbo the Pole Star, and Monkey with the Great and Little Bear. Cousin Henry is Orion. The children are concerned that the adults who have become 'wumbled' (worried/muddled) need 'sympathy' in the form of star-dust. There is incidental music but there are no songs in this act, which has only one scene. Act II Before the curtain opens, there is a short musical prelude, and the Organ Grinder sings the waltz-song "The Blue-Eyes Fairy". Song 2. The Organ Grinder: "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" There's a fairy that hides in the beautiful eyes Of the children who treat her