- Washboard Blues
Washboard Blues (1926), composed by
Hoagy Carmichael , is a landmark song for the time in which it was written.cite book
first= Alec
last= Wilder
authorlink=
coauthors=
year= 1990
title= American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950
edition=
publisher= Oxford University Press
location= New York & Oxford
pages = p. 374
id= ISBN 0-19-501445-6 ]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 longmelody perfectly matches the lyrical description of the crushing fatigue resulting from the repetitious work of washing clothes under primitive conditions.Alec Wilder first heard the song on a
Paul Whiteman twelve-inch record on which Carmichael both played and sang with the large orchestra.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.
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External links
* [http://www.archive.org/download/WashboardBlues1927paulwhiteman/PaulWhitemanVrhythmBoys-WashboardBlues1927.mp3 "Washboard Blues"] ,
Paul Whiteman (1927)— [http://www.archive.org/index.php "Internet Archive"] .
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