The Fiddlers Requiem (1911)

The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart Dolores forced by her parents to sign a contract of marriage with Don Carlos and he again reads over in memory her message of farewell My on Love This is my marriage ever the death day of my soul I cannot go without one last farewell to you whom I will never see again Wait for ma by the lake until you hear the bells chime Yours in spirit until death Dolores Meeting her at the lake as requested she gives him her old violin saying I have breathed my soul into this violin Wheneer it plays it is my soul that speaks