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

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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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