Aunt Dinah Blows The Horn
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
1976
jaar
Top 40
5
piekpositie
Top 40
9
weken
Top 40
197
punten
Top 40
Treemonisha is de eerste en enige opera uit 1911 van Scott Joplin waarvan de partituur bewaard gebleven is. Scott Joplin was in die tijd een grote muzikale ster door zijn rags die vooral in bordelen en cafés gespeeld werden. Volgens de toen heersende ideeën over negers zou hij niet in staat zijn een serieuze opera te maken. Toen hij dan ook in New York probeerde om zijn opera uitgevoerd te krijgen, lukte dit niet. Het stuk werd door Scott Joplin in 1911 zelf uitgegeven. Een tweede opera, A Guest Of Honor, waaraan Joplin werkte, heeft hij vernietigd voordat hij overleed aan syfilis. Pas in 1972 werd Treemonisha voor de eerste keer door een amateurgezelschap opgevoerd. Hierdoor raakte de opera in de belangstelling, waarna er in 1976 een professionele uitvoering volgde door de "Houston Grand Opera Production". Deze uitvoering werd door Deutsche Grammophon opgenomen. Ook in Nederland werd een single uitgebracht en die bereikte op 23 oktober 1976 zelfs een vijfde plaats in de Top 40 wat zeer uitzonderlijk was voor dit muziekgenre.
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Titel A-kant
[Original Cast Orchestra and Chorus by Gunther Schuller] Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn/We Will Rest Awhile
Componist(en) A-kant
Scott Joplin
Titel B-kant
[Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops] The Entertainer
Componist(en) B-kant
Scott Joplin
Platenlabel
Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogusnr
2261033
Hoogste positie UK
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Hoogste positie US
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Album
Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
Songtekst
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, put yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
O yes, Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, keep yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, put yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
O yes, Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, keep yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
We will rest awhile, we will rest awhile
Cause it makes us feel very good (Very good)
We will rest awhile, we will rest awhile
Soon we'll be at home chopping wood (Chopping wood)
We will rest awhile, we will rest awhile
Cause it's almost eatin' time (Eatin' time)
We will rest awhile, we will rest awhile
Cause restin' is very fine
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, put yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
O yes, Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, keep yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, put yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
O yes, Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' we'll go home to stay until dawn
Get ready, keep yo' sack on yo' back
I'm so happy I don't know how to act (How to act)
Aunt Dinah has blowed de horn
An' she wants us to come straight home
We have not much time for delay
Cause our work is finished for today
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