The British Musical Biography

[E] Barnard, Mrs. Charles, (born Charlotte
Alington), "Claribel," amateur song-wri-
ter, born December 23, 1830; married Mr.
Charles C. Barnard, 1854. She studied music
under W. H. Holmes. She died at Dover,
January 30, 1869.

[W] Works. — Songs : All along the valley ;
Answer to the dream ; Bell's whisper ; Blind
Alice ; Blue Ribbon ; Broken Sixpence ; The
Brook ; By the blue Alsatian mountains ;
Children's voices ; Come back to Erin ; Do
you remember ? ; Dreamland ; Drifting ; Pare-
well to Erin ; Far away in bonnie Scotland ;
Five o'clock in the morning; Friends for ever ;
Friendship and love ; Golden days ; Half-mast
high; Hussar's parting; I cannot sing the old
songs ; I leaned out of the window ; I remem-
ber it ; Jamie ; Janet's bridal ; Janet's choice ;
Kathleen's answer; The life-boat; Lowland
Mary ; Maggie's secret ; Maggie's welcome ; My
brilliant and I ; Norah's treasure ; Old house
on the hill ; Only a year ago ; Out at sea ; Rid-
ing thro' the iSroom; Sailor Boy; Susan's
story; Tell it not; Through the Jessamine;
Walter's wooing; When I was young and fair;
Won't you tell me why, Robin ; Vocal duets,
trios, quartets. Pianoforte pieces, etc.
Thoughts, verses, and songs, 1877. Of the
songs composed by Mrs. Barnard, under the
name of Claribel, only a few survive.

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