![Hindu Rose (1919) by Neil Morét [Sung by Joseph Phillips] @GLepRagtimeChronicle](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i-KTjxqavxU/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An 'oriental vamp' from the time when songs of the Far East were popular.
Words by Louis Weslyn
Neil Morét was a ubiquitous pseudonym for Charles N. Daniels. Ragtime fans may recognize his name, as he was the arranger of Scott Joplin's 'Original Rags'. But he was an accomplished composer in his own right, too.
'Hiawatha' was certainly his most famous work, but others such as 'Borneo Rag', 'Margery', and 'I Think of Home and Mother When It's Christmas Time' are also notable.
More Charles N. Daniels:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoNmcSoKI_xby-3k7tSwkSrM&si=M-GOZcHBDzIdTEq9
An 'oriental vamp' from the time when songs of the Far East were popular.
Words by Louis Weslyn
Neil Morét was a ubiquitous pseudonym for Charles N. Daniels. Ragtime fans may recognize his name, as he was the arranger of Scott Joplin's 'Original Rags'. But he was an accomplished composer in his own right, too.
'Hiawatha' was certainly his most famous work, but others such as 'Borneo Rag', 'Margery', and 'I Think of Home and Mother When It's Christmas Time' are also notable.
More Charles N. Daniels:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoNmcSoKI_xby-3k7tSwkSrM&si=M-GOZcHBDzIdTEq9
![Hindu Rose (1919) by Neil Morét [Sung by Joseph Phillips]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i-KTjxqavxU/mqdefault.jpg "Hindu Rose (1919) by Neil Morét [Sung by Joseph Phillips]
An oriental vamp from the time when songs of the Far East were popular.
Words by Louis Weslyn
Neil Morét was a ubiquitous pseudonym for Charles N. Daniels. Ragtime fans may recognize his name, as he was the arranger of Scott Joplins Original Rags. But he was an accomplished composer in his own right, too.
Hiawatha was certainly his most famous work, but others such as Borneo Rag, Margery, and I Think of Home and Mother When Its Christmas Time are also notable.
More Charles N. Daniels:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoNmcSoKI_xby-3k7tSwkSrM&si=M-GOZcHBDzIdTEq9")
![Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1899) by Leslie Stuart [CORNET SOLO by Emil Keneke, 1901]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iXCg4yqoBtM/mqdefault.jpg "Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1899) by Leslie Stuart [CORNET SOLO by Emil Keneke, 1901]
Emil Keneke, pioneer cornet soloist recording artist, plays the smash hit song from the 1899 musical, Florodora, later to become the #1 hit song of 1902.
Harry Macdonough & Grace Spencer 1902 Version:
https://youtu.be/uChBk8_VgQs?si=QlB4-DWxWvqobCKJ")
![Aframerican Hymn (1916) by W. C. Handy [Sung by Handys Sacred Singers, 1929]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l3dSShHM1rY/mqdefault.jpg "Aframerican Hymn (1916) by W. C. Handy [Sung by Handys Sacred Singers, 1929]
A departure from his usual blues-centric output, here is an obscure hymn from the Father of the Blues. In 1919, it was dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in North America.
#blues #78rpm #blackhistory
They didnt call him Father of the Blues for nothing. William Christopher Handys contributions to the blues genre singlehandedly crafted it into what it is today. His Memphis Blues, Saint Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues, Ole Miss Rag, and Yellow Dog Rag are jazz standards and in the case of St. Louis, it has come to name a National Hockey League team and became the second most popular song of the first half of the 20th century (the first being White Christmas).
Handys music also has sentimental value for myself. When I was 12 years old, the coronavirus syndemic broke out and isolated me to the void of online schooling for 3 months. I made ragtime playlists to pass the time, and one of the composers I discovered was Handy. As my first exposure to 12 bar blues, I instantly found relatability- the dismal sympathy was common at the time.
Further information on the beginning of the slave trade in North America in 1619, courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park: https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm
More W. C. Handy:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLMkuz4vEFoOO4o3aIp_47P3ok4f61FEW&si sr8JqfjELd4ueWz")
