Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair is one of the most enduring, and popular American songs of all times. Characterized as a parlor song, it was written by Stephen Foster, and published by Firth, Pond
The Last Rose of Summer, composed for woodwind quartet (flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) falls into the theme and variations genre. As with much of my music, it was designed for both advanced
In my search for American composers who were active in the mid to latter part of the 19th Century, I've recently discovered the name Septimus Winner. Winner, (1827-1902) was a Philadelphia-based song writer