Alexander's Ragtime Band (Berlin, Irving)

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Incipit	Version A: $\relative c'' { \clef treble \autoBeamOff \dynamicUp \key c \major \time 4/4 \compressEmptyMeasures \partial 4 r4 R14 \bar "\|\|" R12 \bar "\|\|" r4 e,8. dis16 e8 g4. \| r4 e8. dis16 e8 g4. } \addlyrics { \set stanza = "1." Oh, ma hon -- ey, Oh, ma hon -- ey }$
First Publication	1911
Genre Categories	Songs; Marches; Dances; [7 more...]For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; For piano; For 1 player; English language

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1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
  - 2.1.1 Version A
  - 2.1.2 Version B
3 General Information
4 Navigation etc.

Performances

Recordings

Complete Performance
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PDF file (audio/video)
Dbmiller (2023/8/18)

Performer Pages	Arthur Collins (voice) Byron G. Harlan (voice)
Publisher Info.	New York: Victor, No.16908-B, 1911.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD Canada [tag/del]
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Naxos

Sheet Music

Scores

Version A

Complete Score
*#870637 - 1.63MB, 6 pp. - 0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - 40/V/C - 74×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2011/7/21)

Publisher. Info.	New York: Ted Snyder, 1911.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD Canada [tag/del]
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Version B

Complete Score
*#856487 - 5.13MB, 5 pp. - 6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - 40/V/C - 47×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/5/28)

Publisher. Info.	New York: Ted Snyder Co., 1911.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD Canada [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alternative. Title	Song / March and Twostep
Composer	Berlin, Irving
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IIB 1
First Performance.	1911-04; see below
First Publication.	1911
Copyright Information	Possibly public domain in EU and other 70 pma territories. This item, which is in the public domain in its country of origin, is likewise in the public domain in countries which apply the rule of the shorter term. All EU countries apply the rule of the shorter term in general. Note that in some cases this rule may be overridden by a treaty with the source country (especially the United States) and/or may not apply to works which fell into the public domain in their source country due to a failure to renew copyright or comply with other formalities.
Librettist	Composer, version A
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	Version A: voice, piano Version B: piano
External Links	Wikipedia article

Navigation etc.

"'It is possible that the first public performance of "Alexander" took place in mid-April, possibly on April 15, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when comedian Otis Harlan interpolated a whistled version of it into a performance of Hell, a segment of a three-part entertainment that later was presented in New York beginning April 27, 1911, at the Folies Bergere dinner theatre. According to Berlin scholar Charles Hamm, "Alexander" was probably given its first public performance by Emma Carus on April 17, 1911, when she began a week's engagement as headliner of the Big Easter Vaudeville Carnival at Chicago's American Music Hall."

Robert Kimball and Linda Emmet, The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin (p.30)