Dixie Twilight (1909)
Characteristic March
Last updated: 23.01.24
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Composer: C.L. Johnson Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Quintet A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE 245
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Length: approx. 3 mins.
Johnson composed Dixie Twilight for piano, mandolin, mandola (an obsolete lute-like stringed instrument related to the mandolin), guitar, banjo, flute, full military band and orchestra so I fell fairly sure that he would have appreciated this recorder adaptation. It is unlikely that he had much acquaintance with the recorder in those far ragtime days. Had he done so then most likely I would not be writing these lines today. Dixie Twilight is a bright cheerful march, its ABACA rondo form seems to suggest that it is a straight-up-and-down cakewalk which leads some commentators to believe that it was written much earlier than 1909.
Dixie Twilight was published by Walter Jacobs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
A tempo of 90 crotchets/min. is suggested.

  Composer Sequencer
     
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  Composer Performer Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif C.L. Johnson Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Miguel Pineda-Van Gelder A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags No. 3: Charles L. Johnson CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Dixie Twilight (1909) C.L. Johnson (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif