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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 29, 2020, 04:56:18 pm ---Also, many households had a piano then, along with stacks of sheet music.
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They had player pianos, too.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 29, 2020, 04:56:18 pm ---Also, many households had a piano then, along with stacks of sheet music.
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That much I knew. When I was a kid I read (and reread) this series of books about a girl growing up in the early 1900s, based on the author's life. As teenagers, the girl and her friends were always gathering around the piano and singing -- songs included Merry Widow Waltz and Morning Cy -- while her sister played. But then her sister went on to be an opera singer. Not everyone would have a musician of that caliber available. (Though some, as Jeff mentioned, might have or be able to hear player pianos.)
I've often wondered what it would be like to live in the days when if people wanted to hear music (outside of church) they'd have to make it themselves, like Pa Ingalls on his fiddle.
--- Quote ---And as for getting the word out, there was word of mouth and newspapers were very popular.
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Of course you're right about newspapers. At first I wasn't sure how common they were in average households in smaller cities and towns, but by then they probably were, at least on a weekly basis. I was thinking about how long it might take news to travel -- the origins of Juneteenth being one example, though I guess that was 50+ years before the 1918 flu.
Sidenote: I've recently realized that one reason so few people in the Confederacy questioned the morality of holding slaves is that most residents of southern states had little to no access to arguments against slavery. Everyone around them would (presumably) believe it was OK, and no media would carry opposing views from elsewhere, since of course even local newspapers supported slavery.
Front-Ranger:
Oddly enough, I've been thinking about weird old songs I was forced to learn in my elementary school music class. A teacher would come with her pitch pipe once a week and lead us through a book of very ancient songs whose meanings we could not fathom until much later. So, there was one that began, "Casey would dance with the strawberry blonde, and the band played on." The lyrics seemed nonsensical to me and I couldn't fathom the reason for a song dedicated to that. Most of all, I couldn't figure out what a "strawberry blonde" was, neither species nor genera.
Well, I just looked it up and it appears that everyone else is confused too. I've seen pictures of (mostly) women with reddish hair, and some with golden blonde hair. I wonder if (the former) Prince Harry would be considered a strawberry blonde. If he danced with someone named Casey, would people write a song about it? And what's all this about the band playing on? Were they supposed to stop because Casey was dancing with a specialty fruit?
I think the self-isolation stuff is getting to me!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger link=topic=56564.msg705348#mNisg705348 date=1585595429 --- Most of all, I couldn't figure out what a "strawberry blonde" w
as, neither species nor genera.
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Nicole Kidman's natural color is red, and she often dyes hers blonde, but when she pauses halfway between them her hair is strawberry blonde.
--- Quote ---I wonder if (the former) Prince Harry would be considered a strawberry blonde.
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I think his hair is just red. As is Amy Adams', although her picture comes up if you google the term.
--- Quote ---I think the self-isolation stuff is getting to me!
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:laugh:
southendmd:
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