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Home! Sweet Home!

Sheet music version.

"Home! Sweet Home!" (also known as "Home, Sweet Home") is a song that has remained

well known for over 150 years. Adapted from American actor and dramatist John oward

!ayne"s 1#$% opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan& the song"s melody was composed 'y

nglishman Sir enry ishop with lyrics 'y !ayne. *he words are as follows+

 Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

 Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;

 A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,

Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met elsewhere

 !ome" !ome"#weet, sweet home"

$here's no place like home

$here's no place like home"

As soon as 1#$, this song was -uoted 'y Swedish composer ran/ erwald in his

 %on&ertstck for Bassoon and (rchestra (middle section& marked Andante). aetano

oni/etti used the theme in his 2pera Anna Bolena (1#%0) Act $& Scene % as part of Anna3s

4ad Scene to underscore her longing for her childhood home. t is also used with Sir enry

6ood"s )antasia on British #ea #ongs and in Ale7andre uilmant"s )antasy for organ 2p.

8%& the )antaisie sur deu* m+lodies anglaises& 'oth of which also use 9:ule& ritannia;9. n

1#5, composer<pianist Sigismond *hal'erg wrote a series of variations for piano (op. ,$) onthe theme of !ome" #weet !ome".

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n 1=0=& it was featured>citation needed ? in the silent film $he !ouse of Cards& an dison Studios film.>1? n the particular scene& a frontier 'ar was hurriedly closed due to a fracas. A card reading

9!lay ome Sweet ome9 was displayed& upon which an on@screen fiddler promptly supplied

a pantomime of the song. *his may imply a popular association of this song with the closing

hour of drinking esta'lishments.>citation needed ?

*he song was reputedly 'anned from 'eing played in nion Army camps during the

American Bivil 6ar  for 'eing too redolent of hearth and home and so likely to incite

desertion.>$?

*he song is famous in Japan as !any- no .ado  (9埴生の宿9?) (94y um'le Bottage9). t

has 'een used in such movies as $he Burmese !arp>%? and /rave of the )ireflies. t is also

used at Senri@BhCD Station on the Eita@2saka EyCkD :ailway.

Henry Bishop (composer)

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Sir enry :owley ishop& 'y saac !ocock  (died 1#%5)

Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1# Fovem'er 1,#G H %0 April

1#55) was an nglish composer. e is most famous for the

songs 9ome; Sweet ome;9 and 9Io; ere the entle

Iark.9 e was the composer or arranger of some 1$0dramatic works& including #0 operas& light operas& cantatas&

and 'allets. Enighted in 1#8$& he was the first musician to

 'e so honoured. ishop worked for all the maor theatres of

Iondon in his era K including the :oyal 2pera ouse at

Bovent arden& the *heatre :oyal& rury Iane& Lau7hall

ardens and the aymarket *heatre& and was !rofessor of

4usic at the universities of din'urgh and 27ford. is

second wife was the noted soprano Anna ishop& who

scandalised ritish society 'y leaving him and conducting an open liaison with the harpist

 Ficolas@Bharles ochsa until the latter"s death in Sydney.

Biography[edit]

ishop was 'orn in Iondon& where his father was a watchmaker and ha'erdasher. At the age

of 1%& ishop left full@time education and worked as a music@pu'lisher with his cousin. After

training as a ockey at Fewmarket& he took some lessons in harmony from rancisco ianchi

in Iondon. n 1#08 he wrote the music to a piece called 9Angelina9& which was performed at

4argate.

ishop"s 9operas9 were written in a style and format that satisfied the audiences of his day.*hey have more in common with the earlier& native nglish 'allad opera genre& or with

modern musicals& than the classical opera of continental urope with full recitatives. is first

opera& $he Circassian's Bride (1#0=)& had one performance at rury Iane 'efore the theatre

 'urned down and the score was lost.

etween 1#1G and 1#$#& ishop composed the music for a series of Shakespearean operas

staged 'y rederic :eynolds. ut these& and the numerous works& operas& 'urlettas& cantatas&

incidental music etc. which he wrote are mostly forgotten. ven his limited partnering with

various composers including Joseph dwards Barpenter  and Stephen lover are overlooked.

1#1G also saw the composition of a string -uartet in B minor .>1?

is most successful operas were $he 0irgin of the #un (1#1$)& $he Miller and his Men 

(1#1%)& /uy Mannering  (1#1G)& and Clari, or the Maid of Milan (1#$%). Clari& with a li'retto

 'y the American John oward !ayne& included the song  !ome" #weet !ome"& which 'ecame

enormously popular. n 1#5$ ishop "relaunched" the song as a parlour 'allad. t was popular

in the nited States throughout the American Bivil 6ar  and after. Also of note is ishop"s

1#1= musical comedy adaptation of 6illiam Shakespeare"s $he Comedy of 1rrors& which

included the popular coloratura soprano aria 9Io; ere the entle Iark.9 >$?

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n 1#$5 ishop was induced 'y :o'ert lliston to transfer his services from Bovent arden

to the rival house in rury Iane& for which he wrote the opera Aladdin& 'ased on the story

from 2332 4ights. t was intended to compete with 6e'er "s (beron& commissioned 'y the

other house. Aladdin failed& and ishop"s career as an operatic composer came to an end.

e did& however& rework operas 'y other composers. An 1#$, Bovent arden play'ill

records a performance of the Marriage of )igaro with 9*he 2verture and 4usic selected

chiefly from 4o/art3s operas H the new music 'y 4r ishop9. t included an aria called

 )ollow, follow o5er the mountain& sung 'y 4iss !aton.

ishop was one of the original directors of the !hilharmonic Society when it was founded in

1#1%. e conducted at Bovent arden and at the Iondon !hilharmonic concerts. n 1#81 he

was appointed :eid !rofessor of 4usic in the niversity of din'urgh& 'ut resigned the

office in 1#8%. n 1#8# he 'ecame !rofessor of 4usic at the niversity of 27ford&

succeeding 6illiam Brotch. is last work was the commissioned music for the ode at theinstallation of Iord er'y as chancellor of the university in 1#5%.

According to 6illiam enslow& ishop was a free@mason. ishop was knighted in 1#8$& the

first musician to 'e so honoured.

ishop"s later years were clouded 'y scandal. e had married his second wife& the singer Ann

:iviMre& in 1#%1. She was twenty@three years younger than he and they had three children. >%? 

n 1#%=& Anna ishop (as she was now known) a'andoned her hus'and and three children to

run off with her lover and accompanist& the harpist and composer Ficolas@Bharles ochsa. 

*hey left ngland to give concert tours a'road until ochsa died in Sydney& Australia in

1#5G.>%? Anna ishop sang in every continent and was the most widely travelled opera singer

of the 1=th century.

Sir enry ishop died in poverty in Iondon& although he had a su'stantial income during his

lifetime. e is 'uried in ast inchley Bemetery in north Iondon

Listen to the Mocing Bird

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"Listen to the Mocing Bird" (1#55) is an American popular song of the mid@1=th century.

ts lyrics were composed 'y Septimus 6inner  under the  pseudonym 9Alice awthorne9& and

its music was 'y :ichard 4il'urn.

t relates the story of a singer dreaming of his sweetheart& now dead and 'uried& and a

mocking'ird& whose song the couple once enoyed& now singing over her grave. Net themelody is moderately lively.

9Iisten to the 4ocking ird9 was one of the most popular 'allads of the era and sold more

than twenty million copies of sheet music. >1? t was popular during the American Bivil 6ar  

and was used as marching music. A'raham Iincoln was especially fond of it& saying& 9t is as

sincere as the laughter of a little girl at play.9 >$?

daptations[edit]

*he song"s melody was reprised 'y Iouis !rima O Eeely Smith for their 1=5G version of thesong& with new lyrics& entitled 9Fothing"s *oo ood or 4y a'y.9>%?

ts verse was the instrumental introduction to a num'er of the early short films 'y *he *hree

Stooges& rendered in a comical manner with 'irds chirping in the 'ackground. *he first

Stooges short to employ this theme was 1=%5"s 6ardon My #cotchP in later shorts the song

was replaced with 9*hree lind 4ice.9

9Iisten to the 4ocking ird9 was parodied in the television series& $he )lintstones& as a

swinging a// tune called 9Iisten to the :ocking ird9.

n the movie $he Alamo ($008)& avy Brockett plays 9Iisten to the 4ocking ird9 on hisfiddle to a crowd& although the song was not composed until 1#55& 1= years after the attle of 

the Alamo where Brockett died.

9Iisten to the 4ocking'ird9 was played on the piano 'y Jason 6alton (Jon 6almsley) at the

re-uest of 4iss 4amie and 4iss mily aldwin (elen Elee' and 4ary Jackson) on $he

Waltons *L series& Season 8& pisode 1= 9*he urnout9 (1=,G). Iisten to the 4ocking'ird@

Jason and the aldwin Sisters

Septims #inner

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$his article is about #eptimus Winner, who wrote some of his songs under the name of Alice

 !awthorne )or Alice !awthorne who was the victim of 7# domestic terrorism, see

Centennial (lympic 6ark bombing 

Septims #inner (11 4ay 1#$, @ $$ Fovem'er 1=0$) was an American songwriter  of the

1=th century. e used his own name& and also the  pseudonyms lice Hawthorne& $ercy

%yer& Mar Mason& psley Street& and $al Stenton. e was also a teacher & performer &

and music pu'lisher .

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Biography[edit]

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6inner was 'orn in !hiladelphia& !ennsylvania& the seventh child to Joseph . 6inner (an

instrument maker speciali/ing in violins) and wife 4ary Ann. 4ary Ann 6inner was a

relative of Fathaniel awthorne& hence Septimus" use of the awthorne name as part of his

 pseudonym Alice awthorne.

6inner attended !hiladelphia Bentral igh School. Although largely self@taught in the area of music& he did take lessons from Ieopold 4eignen around 1#5%& 'ut 'y that time he was

already an esta'lished instrumental teacher& and performed locally with various ensem'les.

rom around 1#85 to 1#58& Septimus 6inner partnered with his 'rother Joseph ast'urn

6inner  (1#%, @ 1=1#) as music pu'lishers. Septimus continued in the 'usiness with various

 partners and names until 1=0$.

6inner was especially popular for his 'allads pu'lished under the pseudonym of Alice

awthorne& which 'ecame known generically as 9awthorne"s allads9. is 'rother was also

a composer& pu'lishing under the alias ast'urn. Septimus 6inner was inducted into the

Songwriters all of ame in 1=,0.>1?

n addition to composing popular songs& 6inner also produced more than $00 instruction

method 'ooks for more than twenty@three instruments. e wrote more than 1&500 easy

arrangements for various instruments and almost $&000 arrangements for violin and piano.

Songs[edit]

n 1#55& 6inner pu'lished the song 9Iisten to the 4ocking'ird9 under the Alice awthorne

name. e had arranged and added words to a tune 'y local singer<guitarist :ichard 4il'urn&

an employee& whom he credited. Iater he sold the rights& reputedly for five dollars& andsu'se-uent pu'lications omitted 4il'urn"s name from the credits. *he song was indeed a

winner& selling a'out 15 million copies in the nited States alone.

Another of his successes& and still familiar& is 9er eitcher"s og9& or 92h 6here& oh 6here

sh 4ine Iittle og one9& a te7t that 6inner set to the erman folk tune 9n Iauter'ach

ha'" ich mein" Strumpf verlor"n9 in 1#G8& which recorded massive sales during 6inner"s

lifetime.

*he first verse of 9er eitcher"s og9 is particularly noteworthy as its first verse has

 'ecome a popular nursery rhyme+

2h where& oh where has my little dog goneQ

2h where& oh where can he 'eQ

6ith his ears cut short& and his tail cut long&

2h where& oh where is heQ

4odern versions occasionally change 9cut9 to 9so9.

*he original song is written in erman dialect& and su'se-uent verses praise lager  'ut lament

the fact that 9mit no money9 it is not possi'le to drink& and praise sausages and thence to

speculate on the fate of the missing dog+

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ey makes un mit dog und dey makes em mit horse&

guess dey makes em mit he

Another of 6inner"s 'est@remem'ered songs& 9*en Iittle ndians9& was originally pu'lished in

1#G8. *his was adapted& possi'ly 'y rank J. reen in 1#G# as 9*en Iittle Figgers9 and

 'ecame a standard of the 'lackface minstrel shows.>$? t was sung 'y Bhristy"s 4instrels and 'ecame widely known in urope& where it was used 'y Agatha Bhristie in her novel  And

$hen $here Were 4one& a'out ten killings on a remote island.>%? n $005& film historian

:ichard inegan identified 6inner as the composer of the *hree Stooges song 9Swinging the

Alpha'et9. 6inner had originally pu'lished it in 1#,5 as 9*he Spelling ee9.>8?>5?

n 1#G$& 6inner was arrested for treason 'ecause he wrote and pu'lished a song entitled

9ive s ack 2ur 2ld Bommander+ Iittle 4ac& the !eople"s !ride9. t concerned eneral

eorge . 4cBlellan& whom !resident A'raham Iincoln had ust fired from the command of

the Army of the !otomac. 4cBlellan was a popular man& and his supporters 'ought more

than #0&000 copies of the song among them in its first two days of pu'lication. 6inner was in

deep disgrace& and was only released from arrest after promising to destroy all of theremaining copies. *he song reappeared in 1#G8 when 4cBlellan was a presidential candidate.

n 1##0 the words were rewritten as a campaign ditty on 'ehalf of  lysses S. rant.>1?

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A section from Johann Strauss" 6alt/ from 8ie )ledermaus

A walt' (erman+ Wal&er P rench+ 0alse& talian+ 0al&er )& pro'a'ly deriving from erman

 9:ndler & is dance music in triple meter & and if written& often written in time signature %<8. A

walt/ typically sounds one chord per measure& and the accompaniment style particularly

associated with the walt/ is (as seen in the e7ample to the right) to play the  root of the chord

on the first 'eat& the upper notes on the second and third 'eats.

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History[edit]

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*he name 9walt/9 comes from the erman ver' wal&en& in turn taken from the Iatin ver'

volvere& which descri'es the turning or rotating movement characteristic of the dance.

Although rench writers have attempted to connect the walt/ to the 1Gth century volta& firm

evidence connecting this talian form to the earliest occurrence in the mid@1#th century of

wal&en to descri'e dancing is lacking (Iam' $001).

Blassical composers traditionally supplied music for dancing when re-uired& and ran/

Schu'ert"s walt/es (including the 0alses #entimentales and 0alses 4obles) were written for

household dancing& without any pretense at 'eing art music. owever& rRdRric Bhopin"s

surviving 1# walt/es (five he wrote as a child)& along with his ma/urkas and polonaises& were

clearly not intended for dance. *hey marked the adoption of the walt/ and other dance forms

as serious composition genres. 2ther nota'le contri'utions to the walt/ genre in classical

music include 1G 'y Johannes rahms (originally for piano duet)& and 4aurice :avel"s 0alses

nobles et sentimentales for piano and 9a valse for orchestra (Iam' $001).

*he long period of the walt/"s popularity was 'rought to an end 'y the irst 6orld 6ar &

which destroyed the Austro@ungarian monarchy and the Liennese culture which hadnurtured it for so long. uropean light music shifted from Lienna to erlin& and compositions

 'y composers such as ustav 4ahler & gor Stravinsky& and 6illiam 6alton treated the dance

in a nostalgic or grotes-ue manner as a thing of the past. 6alt/es nevertheless continued to 'e

written 'y composers of light music& such as ric Boates& :o'ert Stol/& vor Fovello& :ichard

:odgers& Bole !orter & 2scar Straus& and Stephen Sondheim. *he predominant 'allroom form

in the $0th century has 'ecome the slow walt/& which rose to popularity around 1=10 and was

derived from the valse Boston of the 1#,0s. 7amples derived from popular songs include

9:amona9 (1=$,)& 9!arlami d3amore& 4ari9 (1=%%)& and 9*he Iast 6alt/9 (1=,0) (Iam'

$001).

a'' walt'es[edit]

n a a// conte7t& 9walt/9 signifies any piece of music in %<8 time& whether intended for

dancing or not (Anon $00$). Although there are early e7amples such as the 94issouri 6alt/9

 'y an and arvey3s Ja// and (1=1#) and the 9Jug and 6alt/9 or the 94ississippi 6alt/9

 'y the 4emphis Jug and (1=$#)& they are e7ceptional& as almost all a// 'efore 1=55 was in

duple meter . t was only after the T'op walt/U appeared in the early 1=50s (e.g.& *helonious

4onk 3s recording of Carolina Moon in 1=5$ and Sonny :ollins3s 0alse !ot  in 1=5G) that

triple meter 'ecame at all common in a// (Eernfeld $00$).