Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sisters Elsie and Dorothy Southgate present a duet they wrote, played on the English Mustel organ and the violin. The title does not refer to the holiday, but the concept, as they were British. But it fits the theme of the day.
I wouldn't usually post two videos in one day, let alone three, but I found a trio that were topical and worked well together, so I did it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sisters Elsie and Dorothy Southgate present a duet they wrote, played on the English Mustel organ and the violin. The title does not refer to the holiday, but the concept, as they were British. But it fits the theme of the day.
I wouldn't usually post two videos in one day, let alone three, but I found a trio that were topical and worked well together, so I did it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
![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")
![We Will Trust You As Our Leader (1911) by Scott Joplin [1976 SMOOTH JAZZ SOLO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mskKU461Hu0/mqdefault.jpg "We Will Trust You As Our Leader (1911) by Scott Joplin [1976 SMOOTH JAZZ SOLO]
Mike Wofford plays a famed Treemonisha opera segment, the penultimate song, where Treemonisha is elected as leader of her community in the aftermath of her kidnapping. This is one of my favorite songs, not just in the opera, but in general. It reminds me of the last day of school back in 8th Grade, when we spent the day in the town park, one of the last times we were completely free of responsibility.
#ragtime #scottjoplin #smoothjazz
©1976 Flying Dutchman Productions, Ltd.
More Scott Joplin:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z3FDwU5UdnwCnkd7zkbX4mS&si=dlDrjm5EjRfaaUKt
Full album of this song:
https://youtu.be/BL_43JExzVY?si=vnv4U-eSJCvV5Rxh")
![🎄A Dream of Christmas 🎄(1912) by H.A Rasch [Played by Stehl, De Jaeger, Schuetze]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nAzzYdHETVk/mqdefault.jpg "🎄A Dream of Christmas 🎄(1912) by H.A Rasch [Played by Stehl, De Jaeger, Schuetze]
Happy Christmas in July!
A harp, cello, and violin trio of George Stehl, Charles De Jaeger, and Charles Schuetze play a little known Christmas carol.
More Christmas songs:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGAQvbfY3Z2RNfPuflYhA7JazcbYeUsO&si=yGHToFwWR5wIeGMj")
