tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post3035537529558654730..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Words & MusicGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-28028325072697523362008-01-17T14:27:00.000-07:002008-01-17T14:27:00.000-07:00Lane -- Ha! You've just confirmed my multi-generat...Lane -- Ha! You've just confirmed my multi-generational use comment about the good old Golden Book. Yep, everything in there except my Grandma G's <I>3 Little Girls From Blue Land</I> and, of course, Pop's <I>Johnny Verbeck</I>, which I'm told was my favorite lullaby when I was a wee one.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-31568215992229461372008-01-17T12:18:00.000-07:002008-01-17T12:18:00.000-07:00Niece from Memphis here...remember now...your mom ...Niece from Memphis here...remember now...your mom (my grandma) made it VERY clear to me upon my singing from those two books, that those songs were from HER FATHER'S time...(I'm assuming as opposed to the more modern times of her 104 years)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-69704842913751183762008-01-16T13:59:00.000-07:002008-01-16T13:59:00.000-07:00jan -- those sound like lovely books. I recall tha...jan -- those sound like lovely books. I recall that in earlier times, the magazines for ladies usually included at least one music score.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-5072606247817969612008-01-16T13:39:00.000-07:002008-01-16T13:39:00.000-07:00granny j..I have been wondering about your dear mo...granny j..I have been wondering about your dear mother.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, even when my mom couldn't carry on a conversation, she could sing along if I sang an old hymn.<BR/><BR/>I really like this post..I have several books from the 1800s with poetry, and fairy tales, and one with music. I wouldn't part with any of them.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083702120097667613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-28259640856469049142008-01-16T13:24:00.000-07:002008-01-16T13:24:00.000-07:00brain -- The Raven? My favorite bird, BTW! Probab...brain -- The Raven? My favorite bird, BTW! Probably it was the invention of the Victrola that started our descent onto today's overstuffed couch.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-46821820733080545132008-01-16T12:18:00.000-07:002008-01-16T12:18:00.000-07:00Interesting post GJ. It's great that you and you...Interesting post GJ. It's great that you and your Mom can meet in that place that is old and familiar to her:) My Mom at 94 still recites the Raven begining to end as well as bits and pieces of many more poems. She still memorizes things that catch her fancy.<BR/><BR/>I think people did a lot of singing for their own entertainment in days gone by. It was a pleasurable way, before the tube, to pass the time.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-21538934201230056832008-01-16T11:22:00.000-07:002008-01-16T11:22:00.000-07:00melanie -- my father's mother and her kids (all 4)...melanie -- my father's mother and her kids (all 4) had a family orchestra, she being the violinist...her father had got into trouble with the Methodist church authorities for playing the fiddle up on the roof of his house! Up through the 30s, any proper young lady took piano lessons as a matter of course. As for those shared commercial jingles -- they, alas, will go the way of the old Burma-Shave signs (which, quite frankly, were better than many jingles.)Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-82243067615198492592008-01-16T10:59:00.000-07:002008-01-16T10:59:00.000-07:00steve -- actually, most of the sheet music is eith...steve -- actually, most of the sheet music is either JS Bach or lesser Baroque composers. LH was an excellent pianist...<BR/><BR/>Bro -- Ah yes, ASCAP! (Amer. Soc. of Composers, Authors & Publishers, I believe -- anyhow, the old music combine) Recall the ASCAP strike? What I hadn't realized at the time was that the year or so when no copyright pop music could be played on the radio gave birth to bop, with the performers weaving their way around tunes. That was also the year that all new songs you heard on the radio used music from the classical repertoire -- primarily Tchaikovsky.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-79114624776397912832008-01-16T10:49:00.000-07:002008-01-16T10:49:00.000-07:00I've done volunteer work for a sheet music library...I've done volunteer work for a sheet music library here in Oakland's Paramount Theatre. It's fascinating to discover how much music people used to play themselves-- apparently even the advent of radio didn't harm the music publishing industry. I think television must have.<BR/><BR/>It is dismaying to realize many of us share only commercial jingles or catchphrases from blockbuster movies as shared cultural memories. It is heartening to find out that poetry endures, even through memory loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-85857616118648477702008-01-16T00:16:00.000-07:002008-01-16T00:16:00.000-07:00The song book I have is fairlky contemporary, it b...The song book I have is fairlky contemporary, it being the IOCA (Intercollegiate Outing Club Assn) 'Song Fest" originally published in 1948, updated and recast as 'The New Song Fest' in 1964. In the preface, some of the songs that couldn't be included were McNamara's Band, The whiffenpoof Song, Casey Jones, the Prisoners Song and the Road to Mandalay--bugger the copyrighters.<BR/><BR/>HermanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-13319015581124191552008-01-15T23:39:00.000-07:002008-01-15T23:39:00.000-07:00You have an interesting collection. I'm sure ther...You have an interesting collection. I'm sure there is much more. Perhaps a post for another day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com