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Thursday, November 11, 2021

From the Alwinac:
  “Sing, Cello Sing”:
  Jane M. Mattingly’s “The Cello”

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[The Alwinac blog is part of the schroeder170 project, honoring the life and musical career of cellist Alwin Schroeder (1855-1928) and exploring the history of cello playing in the US.]


In the early 1920s, the Willis Music Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, published “A Happy Journey for Little Fingers,” a set of six Practical Piano Pieces by Jane M. Mattingly, part of a larger series of pedagogical piano miniatures by women composers. No. 6 of Mattingly’s set is “The ’Cello,” a waltz-like piece in G Major with lyrics (presumably by the composer) serving as a rhythmic aid. The words are printed above the melody in the left hand:
Sing, Cello sing
Sweet music bring
Sing, Cello sing
Each bass note ring….
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