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[Jazz & Song] Handy, W.C. (1873-1958). Autograph Musical Quotation, "St. Louis Blues". Fine A.M.Q.S. on a 3 1/8" x 2 1/4" white card, two bars from his famous "Saint Louis Blues" boldly penned and signed, with additional note: "I hate to see de end'". Inscribed at bottom to noted collector Lionel Aucoin. Triple-matted in marbled paper and maroon and gray felt, ready to frame.
Composed in 1914, it was one of the first blues songs to really cross genres and has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, etc. and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Handy said he had been inspired to write the song by a chance meeting with a woman on the streets of St. Louis distraught over her husband's absence, who lamented, "Ma man's got a heart like a rock cast in de sea", a key line of the song.
Composed in 1914, it was one of the first blues songs to really cross genres and has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, etc. and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Handy said he had been inspired to write the song by a chance meeting with a woman on the streets of St. Louis distraught over her husband's absence, who lamented, "Ma man's got a heart like a rock cast in de sea", a key line of the song.
[Jazz & Song] Handy, W.C. (1873-1958). Autograph Musical Quotation, "St. Louis Blues". Fine A.M.Q.S. on a 3 1/8" x 2 1/4" white card, two bars from his famous "Saint Louis Blues" boldly penned and signed, with additional note: "I hate to see de end'". Inscribed at bottom to noted collector Lionel Aucoin. Triple-matted in marbled paper and maroon and gray felt, ready to frame.
Composed in 1914, it was one of the first blues songs to really cross genres and has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, etc. and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Handy said he had been inspired to write the song by a chance meeting with a woman on the streets of St. Louis distraught over her husband's absence, who lamented, "Ma man's got a heart like a rock cast in de sea", a key line of the song.
Composed in 1914, it was one of the first blues songs to really cross genres and has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Count Basie, Glenn Miller, etc. and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. Handy said he had been inspired to write the song by a chance meeting with a woman on the streets of St. Louis distraught over her husband's absence, who lamented, "Ma man's got a heart like a rock cast in de sea", a key line of the song.