The Rosary

This is sheet music for "The Rosary," a 1898 song composed by Ethelbert Nevin with lyrics by Robert Cameron Rogers, published in 1912 by The Boston Music Company. The composition is a sentimental parlor song set to "Lento ed intimo" (slow and intimate), featuring the voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment. The text describes religious devotion, with the speaker kissing beads of a rosary while contemplating the cross, addressing a "sweetheart." The piece exists in numerous arrangements and keys: vocal editions in six languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Esperanto), instrumental arrangements for piano, organ, violin, harp, saxophone, mandolin, ukulele, and orchestral settings. The catalog page also lists Nevin's other compositions, including song cycles and piano pieces such as "Narcissus," "Water Scenes," and "In Arcady."