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This license is permanently located at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.multitasking,time,lack,of,timeThoughts on multitasking.MultitaskingPat McCauleypatapan7@hotmail.comPat McCauley<link>http://mccauleyp.blogspot.com/2021/11/by-decades-1900s-on-road-to-mandalay.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:25:00 -0500</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354755293716128456.post-3231677708662976025</guid><description><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;Music by the Decades</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1900s<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72mLSiqH107TWKV6XOasvXuP7Uswoh1tchh5O3OREfIP_z9ht0o_zimCuoVSVJYR2Nfc4e96fJ9fwbY37RfvVKRdU3bz75Xr8GCOQL1EmelmfE7arcm9v42a0ueR_55uuB-41Kg7c9RE/s2048/Front_Mandalay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1505" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72mLSiqH107TWKV6XOasvXuP7Uswoh1tchh5O3OREfIP_z9ht0o_zimCuoVSVJYR2Nfc4e96fJ9fwbY37RfvVKRdU3bz75Xr8GCOQL1EmelmfE7arcm9v42a0ueR_55uuB-41Kg7c9RE/w101-h137/Front_Mandalay.jpg" width="101" /></a></div><br /></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>On the Road to Mandalay</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Words: From "Barrack-Room Ballads" by Rudyard Kipling</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Music: Oley Speaks</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ⓒ1907 by The John Church Company&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Copyright renewal assigned, 1935, to G. Schirmer, Inc.</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The "Barrack-Room Ballads" are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling and contains some of his&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">renowned works, including the poem "Mandalay". This poem became well known after Oley Speaks set it to music in 1907.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Oley Speaks was an American&nbsp;composer and songwriter. His compositions include many religious songs, as well as his best-known success, "On the Road to Mandalay".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This sheet music is definitely&nbsp;not a first edition as it was printed in 1935 and has completely different cover art. However, the cover is interesting and colorful in its depiction of a Burmese&nbsp;Buddha Statue.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Genre: Contemporary, Romantic, Popular</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1910s</b><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS5on5iVqSgt3PTRgkTdIDtfNweY5iA4rspPdbAKEFzY4I5lFEFsEBF9967Eyz_su7hZ5QlYAKh7k3C7D1tf1aDyrXRZ9pkYugVnhngE2Qf6LkG7PAro-4UozAB0T4RT3qj7mx6pfK40/s2048/Front_Ragtime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1475" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS5on5iVqSgt3PTRgkTdIDtfNweY5iA4rspPdbAKEFzY4I5lFEFsEBF9967Eyz_su7hZ5QlYAKh7k3C7D1tf1aDyrXRZ9pkYugVnhngE2Qf6LkG7PAro-4UozAB0T4RT3qj7mx6pfK40/w117-h162/Front_Ragtime.jpg" width="117" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Alexander's Ragtime Band</i></b></h3></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Irving Berlin</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the Twentieth Century Fox Film Production&nbsp;<br />"Alexander's Ragtime Band"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">ⓒ1911 by Ted Snyder Co.<br />This song was first introduced by Emma Carus.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Copyright assigned to ABC Music Corporation in 1938</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Alice Faye introduced this song in 1938.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The film "Alexander's Ragtime Band" takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song. Irving Berlin wrote this song at the age of 23 and it was extremely popular! The Twentieth Century Fox Film Production musical movie was released in 1938. Cast members included a lot of famous stars (at that time) such as Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr. and many more. By the way, this film&nbsp;gets a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 80% for those interested in their ratings. Alice Faye sand this song in the movie.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">During his long, illustrious career, Irving Berlin wrote more than 1,000 songs that appeared in movies, TV shows, and Broadway musicals. Among all of his accolades, he is known as the King of Tin Pan Alley (a name given to NYC music publishers and songwriters who thrived in the late 1800s and early 1900s.).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The cover illustration was from the original title page ad was drawn in 1911 by John Frew. It looks to feature a view of a band in a bandstand in a park. Frew was a popular cover artist for many songs.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The back cover of this sheet music lists songs published by Irving Berlin between 1907 and 1942. It's an extensive list!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Genres: Musical, Ragtime, Popular, Drama, Tin Pan Alley</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></li></ul><p></p></description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72mLSiqH107TWKV6XOasvXuP7Uswoh1tchh5O3OREfIP_z9ht0o_zimCuoVSVJYR2Nfc4e96fJ9fwbY37RfvVKRdU3bz75Xr8GCOQL1EmelmfE7arcm9v42a0ueR_55uuB-41Kg7c9RE/s72-w101-h137-c/Front_Mandalay.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>patapan7@hotmail.com (Pat McCauley)</author></item></channel></rss>