Product Number: 10001486
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Pages: 6
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Genre: Ragtime
Description: Born in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 9, 1887 Euday Louis Bowman is most identified with Kansas City, where 12th Street was immortalized by his composition "12th St. Rag." [1914]
Product Number: 10001234
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Pages: 5
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Genre: Ragtime
Description: This is one of the pivotal songs in the history of Tin Pan Alley. It was a huge international success and established Irving Berlin as the preeminent Tin Pan Alley composer, a status he kept from then onwards. He was only twenty-three years old.
Product Number: 10001593
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Pages: 2
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Genre: Traditional
Description: Auld Lang Syne was transcribed and published by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, based on earlier Scots ballads. Robert Burns forwarded a copy of the original song to the British Museum with the remark, "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing, is enough to recommend any air." The tune Burns suggested is not the tune we use today.
Scots Auld Lang Syne translates literally to English old long since, but can best be translated as times gone by. In Scots the word syne is pronounced similarly to the English word sign, not zine [zaIn] as many people sing it.
Singing the song on Hogmanay or New Year's Eve is a Scottish custom.
Bandleader Guy Lombardo popularized the association of the song with New Year's Eve, through his annual broadcasts on radio and TV, beginning in 1929. However, he did not invent or first introduce the custom. The ProQuest newspaper archive has articles going back to 1896 that describe revellers on both sides of the Atlantic singing the song to usher in the New Year. Two examples:
New York Times, Jan 5, 1896. p. 10 HOLIDAY PARTIES AT LENOX [Mass.]. ... The company joined hands in the great music room at midnight and sang "Auld Lang Syne" as the last stroke of 12 sounded and the new year came in.
Washington Post, 1910-01-02. p. 12 NEW YEAR'S EVE IN LONDON. Usual Customs Observed by People of All Classes. ... The passing of the old year was celebrated in London much as usual. The Scotch residents gathered outside of St. Paul's Church and sang "Auld Lang Syne" as the last stroke of 12 sounded from the great bell.
Product Number: 10000160
Series: Piano Vocal (/False) Price:Free PDF
Pages: 14
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Genre: Vocal
Description: Composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Opus 52, it has become one of Schubert's most popular works, recorded by a wide variety and large number of singers, under the title of Ave Maria, in arrangements with various lyrics which commonly differ from the original context of the poem.
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