Trilby's Piano

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"Trilby's Piano"

Song by The Who
From the album Endless Wire
Recorded
Genre	Rock
Song Length	2:04
Record label	Polydor
Endless Wire Album Listing
Unholy Trinity	'Trilby's Piano	Endless Wire

Trilby's Piano is a song by The Who, written by Pete Townshend, and is featured on their most recent album Endless Wire.

[edit] History

The song was part of The Who's Wire & Glass mini-opera (that took up most of the second half of the album. Pete Townshend explained the story: "Josh’s widowed mother vests all her hopes in her brother Hymie becoming a great man. He falls in love with Trilby, Gabriel’s goofy blonde Aunt. Trilby is the one who has nurtured Gabriel’s great musical talent, unnoticed by his precoccupied mother. The kids decide to put on a musical play at Leila’s father’s studio featuring this song, and it finally breaks Josh’s mother’s resistance to the love match. The song is sung by Gabriel. The play is a naiive children’s effort, but with a grand proscenium stage (like a large Victorian puppet theatre) a stairway and a cherub and angel filled backdrop". This song marks the first time that Townshend has ever orchestrated, and his girlfriend Rachel Fuller served as the orchestration supervisor.

Due to the complex nature of the song, it has not, and is unlikely to ever be, played in any of their live shows.