Washboard Blues
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Washboard Blues (1926), composed by Hoagy Carmichael, is a landmark song for the time in which it was written.[1]
The song is an evocative washerwoman's lament. Though the verse, chorus, and bridge pattern is present, the effect of the song is of one long, cohesive melodic line with a dramatic shifting of tempo. The cohesivness of the long melody perfectly matches the lyrical description of the crushing fatigue resulting from the repetitious work of washing clothes under primitive conditions.[1]
Alec Wilder first heard the song on a Paul Whiteman twelve-inch record on which Carmichael both played and sung with the large orchestra.[1]
[edit] Credits
On the sheet music, another writer's name is also listed, Fred B. Callahan, without distinguishing credit for the lyrics and the composition. It is possible that Callahan comtributed to the exceptional musical creativeness of the song.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d Wilder, Alec (1990). American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 374. ISBN 0-19-501445-6.
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