Description
A Souvenir, or Remembrance, is a short piece intended to evoke a particular mood. Souvenir du Passe is a short, "Lisztian" salon or "parlor" piece and was written for Warren's friend, Matthew Arbuckle, a young English cornetist, who traveled with Gilmore's band. Arbuckle was said to cause audiences to weep with the expressiveness of his playing.