The Great Kitty Cheatham ~ Dixie land & I'se gwine back to Dixie (1916)
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Kitty Cheatham (1864-1946) / Dixie land (Daniel Decatur Emmett) / I'se gwine back to Dixie (C.A. White) / Recorded: April 25, 1916 --
Katherine "Kitty" Cheatham (1864--1946) ~ American singer, diseuse and actress, born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father, Richard Boone Cheatham, was a Tennessee politician who was the mayor of Nashville from 1860 to 1862, and her mother was Frances Ann Cheatham (née Bugg). She began her career in music at age 14 by performing at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. She later went on to study in New York, Paris, and Berlin. Her professional stage debut was made in London, England in 1904, where she performed renditions of African-American folk songs. She is credited with having helped preserve these traditional songs and bring them to European audiences. While in London, she was introduced to and befriended members of the British Royal Family, for whom she would go on to perform many times. However, it is her contributions to children's music for which Cheatham is best known as a musician, as she became popular throughout the world by performing children's songs and stories. During her career, she performed for thousands in England, France, Germany, and the United States, and organized children's concerts for the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She published two collections of her songs, Kitty Cheatham: Her Book in 1915, and A Nursery Garland in 1917. Her repertoire included over 1,000 songs in nine languages. Many of the songs she sang expressed themes of Christianity and American patriotism. A member of the Christian Science church (and a friend of its founder, Mary Baker Eddy), Cheatham was highly religious, and she wrote a number of religiously and patriotically-oriented publications. She was also a speaker who created a series of "illustrated lectures" which focused on her travels throughout Europe. On June 28, 1930, she was invited by Alþing, the parliament of Iceland, to give a speech at their country's Millennial Celebrations. She also spoke before the delegates of the International Women's Congress, of which she was the honorary vice-president, in Budapest, Hungary in 1937. She died on January 5, 1946 in New York City, and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. (wikipedia)
Great article by Brian Moon on Kitty CHEATHAM
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Very nice! I agree wholly with Zack about the striking immediacy of her singing - indeed of this fabulous recording. She veritably reaches out to us across the nearly 100 years and it is as if she were singing to us directly. Thank you for this witty gem, Doug!
Most welcome, Annie... always a pleasure!
Very fine Performance!!! Thank you Dear Doug for sharing this with us.
Thank YOU...
Cheers, MrGer2295!
Oh, Doug! I think this is the 4th or 5th time in a row that I have watched this video! Thank you so much for uploading! I think I told you about my love of Cheatham? Anyways... Let's start with the diction... It is absolutely perfect, clear and old fashioned :) Her charm is infinite, and the feeling of actually sitting in front of her is ever so evident than other singers, her voice recorded very well indeed, it is as if she were singing directly into our ears! Thanks mon ami!
You are of course most welcome, Zack.
Take care... and talk soon!
Notice: Her music enters the public domain next year :)
Are you sure? (many of us get copyright notices for things even 100+ years old!)
CurzonRoad Its goes by 70+ years after the death of the last contributor in Europe, may very depending where you live.
Honestly not sure how this works in the US of A... friends have had their 70+ year-old videos pulled from RUclips. It is all unclear.... thanks!
CurzonRoad yeah one thing to note though, it does go by last contributor. So while a singer might die the person who recorded it under the label would be used as a way to keep the copyright still open. You can sing the song but not necessarily the recordings unless those people have died too.
The twists & turns, fun & games of intellectual property rights. Cheers!
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I like her voice.... and I think she resembles LADY DI.....interesting.....