Hearts & Flowers

[savik2]

Does anyone know who wrote this piece of music? It's played on the violin and used a lot in silent movies/comedy shows to indicate mock sympathy, and is the reason we play air violin when we think someone is whining unnecessarily...

[pinus]

Theodore Moses Tobani (1855-1933)

[savik2]

Thanks Pinus - you're spot on! Just after I posted the Q, my old Mum phoned, so I asked her. She came straight back with answer, amazed I didn't know!