Angelina Baker, original melody - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-29T06:50:28Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/angelina-baker-original-melody?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A155131&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThank you. This is the melody…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-21:2477478:Comment:1553432016-09-21T04:30:24.287ZDave Leonardhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DaveLeonard
<p>Thank you. This is the melody I have always used. A couple of guys I occasionally jam with were trying to tell me that the melody fiddlers call Angeline the Baker was the melody Stephen Foster wrote. My research shows that this is a parody written about 20 years after Foster wroth Angelina Baker. The melody was similar, but written to be a bit more suitable for dancing (more square). The words, of course, were completely different. Later, in the 1920's (I think) a fiddler altered the tune…</p>
<p>Thank you. This is the melody I have always used. A couple of guys I occasionally jam with were trying to tell me that the melody fiddlers call Angeline the Baker was the melody Stephen Foster wrote. My research shows that this is a parody written about 20 years after Foster wroth Angelina Baker. The melody was similar, but written to be a bit more suitable for dancing (more square). The words, of course, were completely different. Later, in the 1920's (I think) a fiddler altered the tune even more and was responsible for the current Angeline the Baker (sometimes mistakenly called Angelina Baker). The Bluegrass and Old Time fiddlers play this a lot. Now, I just need to correct my two jamming friends.</p>
<p>BTW, my jamming friends say they got the melody out of a book written in the 1940's by someone who is supposed to be the definitive source of Stephen Foster's history. I've no idea which book this is, but it obviously wasn't researched enough.</p>
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<p>Dave</p> Here is the "real deal" Dave.…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1553422016-09-20T22:03:42.325ZTom Berghanhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TomBerghan
Here is the "real deal" Dave. This is one of the published scores from the Antebellum period. <a href="http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:067.003" target="_blank">http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:067.003</a><br />
Best Wishes, Tom
Here is the "real deal" Dave. This is one of the published scores from the Antebellum period. <a href="http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:067.003" target="_blank">http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:067.003</a><br />
Best Wishes, Tom Thanks guys! I need to re-rec…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1553282016-09-20T18:49:12.129ZTom Berghanhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TomBerghan
Thanks guys! I need to re-record it now that I have my first early banjo (a Hartel, Sweeney model). The fermata in my performance are actually notated in the music (In Briggs he describes the use of the fermata, but refers to it as a "pause." I'm glad you like it. Our Mister Foster was quite a songwriter! Best Wishes, Tom
Thanks guys! I need to re-record it now that I have my first early banjo (a Hartel, Sweeney model). The fermata in my performance are actually notated in the music (In Briggs he describes the use of the fermata, but refers to it as a "pause." I'm glad you like it. Our Mister Foster was quite a songwriter! Best Wishes, Tom That sounds right.
tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1553272016-09-20T16:34:33.440ZWayne Seymourhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WayneSeymour
<p>That sounds right. </p>
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<p>That sounds right. </p>
<p></p> Thanks! Authentic sounding pe…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1551312016-09-20T16:27:47.231ZDave Leonardhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DaveLeonard
<p>Thanks! Authentic sounding performance, or at least how I would picture it to be.<br/> <br/> <cite>Tom Berghan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/angelina-baker-original-melody?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A155126&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2477478Comment155126"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA</a></div>
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<p>Thanks! Authentic sounding performance, or at least how I would picture it to be.<br/> <br/> <cite>Tom Berghan said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/angelina-baker-original-melody?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A155126&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2477478Comment155126"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA</a></div>
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</blockquote> https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cAtag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1551262016-09-20T07:14:09.406ZTom Berghanhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/TomBerghan
<a href="https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/wdodP3gA4cA</a> Thanks! That will be greatly…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-20:2477478:Comment:1553232016-09-20T04:48:06.088ZDave Leonardhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DaveLeonard
<p>Thanks! That will be greatly appreciated!</p>
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<p>Thanks! That will be greatly appreciated!</p>
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<p>Dave</p> I have one that purports to …tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-19:2477478:Comment:1550332016-09-19T22:29:21.828ZWayne Seymourhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/WayneSeymour
<p>I have one that purports to be orginal. It is a direct transcription from Foster's sheet music. I'll try to get a copy in a form I can post. </p>
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<p>I have one that purports to be orginal. It is a direct transcription from Foster's sheet music. I'll try to get a copy in a form I can post. </p>
<p></p> Thanks!
Barbara Mullin said…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-16:2477478:Comment:1550922016-09-16T01:25:36.308ZDave Leonardhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/DaveLeonard
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Barbara Mullin said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/angelina-baker-original-melody?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A155277&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2477478Comment155277"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>hi, Dave. </p>
<p>This is one of my favorites.</p>
<p>There are a few recordings on this site..My favorite is by Paul Draper..</p>
<p>Haven't looked for the sheet music but it should be available online.…</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Barbara Mullin said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/angelina-baker-original-melody?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A155277&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2477478Comment155277"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>hi, Dave. </p>
<p>This is one of my favorites.</p>
<p>There are a few recordings on this site..My favorite is by Paul Draper..</p>
<p>Haven't looked for the sheet music but it should be available online.</p>
<p><a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1" target="_blank">http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1</a></p>
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</blockquote> hi, Dave.
This is one of my…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2016-09-15:2477478:Comment:1552772016-09-15T23:01:03.577ZBarbara Mullinhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/BarbaraMullin
<p>hi, Dave. </p>
<p>This is one of my favorites.</p>
<p>There are a few recordings on this site..My favorite is by Paul Draper..</p>
<p>Haven't looked for the sheet music but it should be available online.</p>
<p><a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1" target="_blank">http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1</a></p>
<p>hi, Dave. </p>
<p>This is one of my favorites.</p>
<p>There are a few recordings on this site..My favorite is by Paul Draper..</p>
<p>Haven't looked for the sheet music but it should be available online.</p>
<p><a href="http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1" target="_blank">http://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/video/angelina-baker-1</a></p>