Sweetness (1912)
Rag Two-Step
Last updated: 17.02.23
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: F.B. Woods Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Quintet A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE 1289
Print-on-demand. Please send an Enquiry Form if you are interested in this item. It may be re-printed if justified by demand.  

Length: approx. 3¼ mins. Sounds best with the 1st tenor and bass doubled.
Sweetness was written when the composer was just 18-years old and she respectfully dedicated it to her future husband, Mr. William J. Mansfield. A remarkably mature composition - a love epistle perhaps? It is happy and jolly romp of a rag written in AABBACCB form with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AB- and C-strains are written in the keys of C and F respectively. In this adaptation for recorder quintet the treble voice has all the melodies the limelight from start to finish. The other voices however have plenty to do with much close harmony and it is not lacking in nice touches for the basses. A rewarding ensemble piece to master.
Sweetness was published by F.J.A. Forster Music Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.

  Issue Instruments Performer
       
  DBE MP3 Sample    
audiodbemp315.gif Not issued A/T/T/B/GB(B) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Midi James Pitt-Payne
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif "Perfessor" Bill Edwards Rapid Fire Ragtime
cd15.gif Sue Keller aka Charles Johnson CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif