Checkers (1903)
March & Two Step Characteristic
Last updated: 28.01.22
Please note that for bandwidth reasons, both the displayed score and the *.mp3 
file which can be listened to are of low quality (96 dpi and 48kbps respectively) 
and do not reflect the high quality of the delivered products.The delivered score 
format is A4 and printed with high quality.
Composer: N.W. Stokes Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Quintet A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE 994
Add to cart:
other.gif
Purchasing information Notice for leaders/bass players
Length: approx. 3¾ mins. Sounds best with the 1st tenor doubled.
Checkers is a cheerful and melodious two step of charm and simplicity. Its form is AABBACCBB with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the CC-and BB-strains. The keys used are F- and Bb-major for the AABBA- and CCBB-strains respectively. What this piece quite has to do with the stern looking officer in the Austro-Hungarian uniform shown on the on the cover of the original sheet music is anyone's guess.
Checkers was published by the Whitney-Warner Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
  Instruments Performer
     
  DBE MP3 Sample 
audiodbemp315.gif A/T/T/B/GB(B) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Nora Hulse Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers