Why We Smile (1903)
Last updated: 17.02.23
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Composer: C.H. Hunter Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Quintet A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE699
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Length: approx. 3 mins. Sounds best if the 1st and 2nd tenors are doubled
The reasons for Why We Smile are clearly shown on the cover of the original sheet music which has a similar motif to many of his compositions and that is three Negro boys smiling admiringly at a pile of sumptuous, delicious water melons. The rag too is a happy piece well in keeping with its title in AABBCCA form in the major keys of F and Bb. In this recorder adaptation, the first voice can fortuitously performed on a tenor recorder providing the top D's can be played comfortably.
Why We Smile was published by Frank G. Fite, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
  Issue Instruments Performer
       
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  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Midi Colin D. McDonald
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cd15.gif Miguel Pineda-Van Gelder A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif David Thomas Roberts Folk Ragtime 1899-1914 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif