Charles Blamphin
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Charles Blamphin was a British composer and harpist
. Among his popular compositions were When The Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear (1860) and Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise (with lyrics by Samuel N. Mitchell
) (1870).(11 December 1890). A Composer of Songs: He Wrote Sweet Ballads, But Others Got The Ducats, The Day (reprinted from the Boston Globe)
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
. Among his popular compositions were When The Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear (1860) and Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise (with lyrics by Samuel N. Mitchell
Samuel N. Mitchell
Samuel N. Mitchell was an American song lyricist and newspaperman who wrote lyrics for a number of popular songs in the 1870s., Skaneateles Democrat -Songwriter:Mitchell wrote lyrics...
) (1870).(11 December 1890). A Composer of Songs: He Wrote Sweet Ballads, But Others Got The Ducats, The Day (reprinted from the Boston Globe)
External links
- U.S. Library of Congress, 1921 recording of When the Corn is Waving, Annie Dear by the Peerless QuartetPeerless QuartetThe Peerless Quartet, , was a vocal group from the acoustic era . It was organised in 1904 as the Columbia Quartet. It remained active until 1928 and had many changes of personnel during that time, the one constant being Henry Burr...