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Looking for sheet music on Golden Bell Polka

Does anyone have the sheet music for GBP? I have this information from the LC copyright entries: Golden-Bell Polka; by J. Tafte; pf. (original melodies, no. 9.) [4393 © Mar. 26, 1912; 2 c. Mar. 27, 1912; E 282345; Hamilton S. Gordon, New York.

Thank you,

Greg

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on August 31, 2012 at 16:25

The title looks/sounds familiar. I'll see if I can dig it up. I have several pieces/books published by Hamilton Gordon. I'm off of work today (with no particular honeydos, thank god), so I'll go sift thru the stacks and see what I can come up with. Don't get yer hopes up though...my brain also sez there is a "Golden Bell Schottische" and perhaps a waltz...

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on August 31, 2012 at 17:34

My brain was right...fairly quickly found "Golden Bell Waltz" pub by Odell and a reference to Golden Bell Schottische (I didn't find the sheet though). I do have a couple of boxes of sheets which are not cataloged (by me), but those are buried deeply and I haven't the guts to shift the stacks that much today.

The ABF lists 3 or 4 pieces by Tafte in their collection but no GBP. I haven't sorted thru the stuff on Hal's site but most of that is UK based (JAT collections I sent to Hal). There is a slim chance that it is in one of those collections though.

Sorry!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Moss on August 31, 2012 at 18:24

You can listen to a snippet of it here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=9065

Sounds like a run of the mill pot boiler dance tune to me, though.

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on September 1, 2012 at 17:09

Cool link! I'm gonna download that album today.

However, after reading the liner notes, the "Golden Bell Polka" on the album is noted "Jennings". Jennings was a New England based teacher and composer who self-published mostly easy stuff, "potboilers" is an apt term. I think the "Golden Bell Schottische" I turned up was a Jennings. I suspect Greg's tune is a different one.