Funeral March by Frédéric Chopin

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Frédéric Chopin March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849, was a Polish composer and pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw.

Chopin composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 mainly in 1839 at Nohant near Chateauroux in France, the third movement, which comprises the funeral march may have been composed as early as 1837.



Recorded by The Edison Concert Band in 1906

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Artist/Composer: The Edison Concert Band
Keywords: Chopin; Funeral March; Edison Concert Band; 1906
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Take Me Out To The Ball Game

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Take Me Out To The Ball Game sung by Edward Meeker in 1908 on a phonograph cylinder by Edison recordings.

The words were written in 1908 by vaudeville star Jack Norworth, who while riding a subway train, was inspired by a sign that said "Baseball Today — Polo Grounds". The words were set to music by Albert Von Tilzer.

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Katie Casey was baseball mad,
Had the fever and had it bad.
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev'ry sou1
Katie blew.
On a Saturday her young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go
To see a show, but Miss Kate said "No,
I'll tell you what you can do:"

[Chorus]

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names.
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along,
Good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:

[repeat Chorus]

1 The term "sou", now obscure, was at the time common slang for a low-denomination coin.

This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio
Artist/Composer: Ed Meeker
Keywords: ed meeker; baseball
Creative Commons license: Public Domain