Charles Ancliffe: Valse "Nights Of Gladness"

I didn’t really plan to do another upload today, but my evening wasn’t that great and so I thought I’d hop on the piano and play a little soothing melody. Hope you also enjoy. This piece was published in 1912. Charles Ancliffe (1880 – 20 December 1952) was an Irish born composer of light music, chiefly remembered for his marches and waltzes. Charles Ancliffe was born in Kildare, Ireland, the son of an army bandmaster. After studying at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, he followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a bandmaster himself. From 1900 to 1918 he was Bandmaster of the First Battalion, South Wales Borderers, seeing much service in India. During this period he wrote many popular pieces of music including marches such as The Liberators, and Castles in Spain. He also composed dozens of short genre pieces, often styled ’intermezzo’ or ’entr’acte’, several songs and ingeniously titled suites such as Below Bridges. which had the titles