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Limehouse Blues
Phillip H. Braham (arr. Johnnie Vinson)
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General Info
Year: 1921 /
Duration:
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Limehouse Blues is a popular British song written by the London-based duo of Douglas Furber (lyrics) and Philip Braham (music).
Evoking the Limehouse district, which pre-World War II was considered the Chinatown of London – with Chinese references heard in both the lyrics and the melody – the song premiered in the 1921 West End revue A to Z being sung by Teddie Gerard in a wordless melodramatic number featuring Gerard as a hostess in a Limehouse dance-hall fronting a brothel. Gertrude Lawrence's Broadway performance of the Limehouse Blues number proved to be a "showstopper", making her a Broadway star.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Keith Waibel, conductor) – 15 August 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Limehouse Blues (arr. Vinson) (1921)
- Tails Up (1915)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Phillip H. Braham." Accessed 17 August 2017
- Limehouse Blues (song), Wikipedia Accessed 17 August 2017